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The art of applying a pattern to ganch (ganchkori) (ganch is a type of 
building mix such as gypsum, alabaster and which is obtained from 
processing limestone). One of the widespread types of applied art in the East, in 

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particular Uzbekistan. Masters of this type of applied art of Bukhara and 
Tashkent work fruitfully, sow a day. 
Previously, the walls were decorated with carved panels, patterns were carved 
on the edges of tahmons (tachmon - the front and side of the ceiling cornices). 
Tokcha (Tokcha is a beggar in the walls of a room, in one room such beggars 
could reach up to a dozen or more) was carved and painted in multi-colored 
tones, and they were combined into a single composition of the room’s interior 
to allow natural color and fresh air to enter the room above windows and doors 
were left with tuynuki (tuynuk is a hole in the form of beggars) and lattices and 
a gancha or a tree were installed. Now Navo (navo is the vaults under the ceiling 
of the room, specially designated for the frame for writing surahs from the 
Koran), shift (cipher is a specially designated place under the arch of the room 
or a beggar in the form of an arch), kandil (kandil is a special place on the 
ceiling of the room for chandeliers and hooks) were made of ganch. And also 
ganch is widely used to decorate the palaces of culture, both in the internal 
arches and walls, and on the facades of buildings. 
Fine examples of ganch carving can be found in Bukhara at the summer 
residence of the Bukhara rulers in the SitoraiMokhiHosa Palace, in Tashkent the 
building of the Alisher Navai Opera and Ballet Theater. Bright representatives 
of this art are Usto Shirin Murodov (Bukhara), Toshpulat Arlsonov, A. Pulotov, 
A. Samadov (Tashkent), H. Zhalilov (Samarkand). The creations created by 
these masters still amaze humanity. 
WOOD CARVING 
Wood carving is one of the oldest types of applied art in Uzbekistan and has 
strong traditions.