Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The 62nd traditional flower festival in Namangan started yesterday morning with a parade of unusually decorated vehicles. More than 200 cars and motorcycles, decorated with about 30 thousand flowers in the form of ornaments, drove through the streets of the regional center.

Within the framework of the international festival in the park named after Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur, on an area of 8 hectares, 250 master florists from the regions of our country, as well as from 50 foreign countries, representatives of ikebana art, landscape designers demonstrate their art of floriculture, Dunyo news agency reports.

Recall that the Flower Festival in Namangan has been held since 1961 and is a grandiose event for every Uzbek, reflecting the richness of colors of existing plants and flower culture.

The festival will run until 21 June.