Fun At The Flower Festival In Namangan

Spring arrives in March in Namangan and the town celebrates with a giant flower festival. Blooms cover the main park and tons of people attend to celebrate the arrival of warm weather.

Boom, explosive color greets your arrival at the airport. Impressive.

Sometimes the flowers need a little artificial assistance. Piano "topiary," more like astro-turf covering. A not so wet, not so wild stream running through the festival.

The flowers are fun, the families gathering, dancing in traditional clothes is more fun.

Bambi enjoys the blooms. Western style corporate sponsorship has crept into the festival. Oil and nature, a perfect union.

Back to tradition, a camel and yurt sighting, looking a little like a set for a Central Asian Wizard of Oz.