12th Sharq Taronalari Int'l music festival held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Actors perform during the twelfth Sharq Taronalari ("Oriental Melodies") international music festival in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Aug. 26, 2019. The twelfth Sharq Taronalari ("Oriental Melodies") international music festival opened here on Monday. The biennial event was first held in 1997. (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua)