Plan: Information about my motherland

Uzbekistan is my birthplace.
Plan:
1. Information about my motherland.
2. The symbols of Uzbekistan
3. Traditions and customes of Uzbekistan
4. Reformations occuring in Uzbekistan
Everyone's birthplace is their motherland. Uzbekistan is my motherland where I was born and grew up. I live in the district of Urgench in Khorezm region in Uzbekistan. My region is specialized in agriculture, transportation manufacturing (especially damas) and textile factories. My region is developing day by day. Khorezm region is an integral part of our country Uzbekistan. Our country has a very ancient history and unique nature. Uzbekistan is located in the heart of Central Asia and borders Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. On August 31, 1991, the Republic of Uzbekistan officially declared its independence from the USSR. Since that day there have been numerous changes in our country. More attention was given to sport types and requirements of the training institutions by creating every possibility for the youth to train and attend the world competitions under the name of Uzbekistan (while during the period of Soviet Union Uzbek winners of sport were the winners of SSSR) and won lots of medals from the first five years of independence which can be marked as a result of the created facilities for them. International Relations Independence of Uzbekistan opened doors for it to be integrated into a number of national organizations in order to ensure the development of the country which could enable the county’s youth to travel abroad and become members overseas in the field of education.
Independence of Uzbekistan opened doors for it to be integrated into a number of national organizations in order to ensure the development of the country which could enable the county’s youth to travel abroad and become members overseas in the field of education. The modern tourist infrastructure, created in the country in recent years, meets high international standards and receives positive feedbacks from foreign visitors. Uzbekistan has a network of world-class luxury hotels and more than 490 other hotels, motels, camping sites with over 28 thousand beds. They provide services in accordance with the international standards. There were established over 100 tourist itineraries covering all regions of Uzbekistan and focusing on familiarization with the unique historical, architectural ensembles and monuments, 140 of which are listed as the UNESCO protected historic sites.
Furthermore, Uzbekistan's national sybols were adopted including national flag, emblem, anthem and constitution. In our flag there are 4 colours and each one has its own meaning. They are followed below: White is the traditional symbol of peace and good luck, as Uzbek people say "Ok yul". Green is the color of nature and new life and good harvest. Two thin red stripes symbolize the power of life. There is a new moon, which symbolizes the newly independent Republic.
The State Emblem of the Republic of Uzbekistan involves daily bread, stems with opening cotton bolls — the main wealth of our sunny country, made it famous in the world. Ears and cotton bolls interweaved with the ribbon of the State Flag mean consolidation of the nations, living in the country. In the center of the emblem there is a Humo bird with wings spread - a symbol of happiness and freedom. Our great ancestor Alisher Navoi characterized the Humo bird as the kindest of all living beings.
The Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan was adopted on December 8, 1992. On April 24, 2003 some amendments and addenda were introduced into it. It has been worked out based on the experience of developed countries.
In term of culture, our country has many traditions and customes. Bread holds a special place in Uzbek culture. At mealtime, bread will be spread to cover the entire dusterhon. Traditional Uzbek bread, tandir non, is flat and round. It is always torn by hand, never placed upside down, and never thrown out. Meals begin with small dishes of nuts and raisins, progressing through soups, salads, and meat dishes and ending with palov, a rice-and-meat dish synonymous with Uzbek cuisine throughout the former Soviet Union; it is the only dish often cooked by men. Other common dishes, though not strictly Uzbek, include monti, steamed dumplings of lamb meat and fat, onions, and pumpkin, and kabob, grilled ground meat. Uzbeks favor mutton; even the nonreligious eschew pig meat. Because of their climate, Uzbeks enjoy many types of fruits, eaten fresh in summer and dried in winter, and vegetables. Dairy products such as katyk, a liquid yogurt, and suzma, similar to cottage cheese, are eaten plain or used as ingredients. Tea, usually green, is drunk throughout the day, accompanied by snacks, and is always offered to guests
In addition, elders are respected in Uzbek culture. At the dusterhon, younger guests will not make themselves more comfortable than their elders. The younger person should always greet the older first. Men typically greet each other with a handshake, the left hand held over the heart. Women place their right hand on the other's elbow. If they are close friends or relatives, they may kiss each other on the cheeks. If two acquaintances meet on the street, they will usually ask each other how their affairs are. If the two don't know each other well, the greeting will be shorter, or could involve just a nod. Women are expected to be modest in dress and demeanor, with clothing covering their entire body. In public they may walk with their head tilted down to avoid unwanted attention. In traditional households, women will not enter the room if male guests are present. Likewise, it is considered forward to ask how a man's wife is doing. Women generally sit with legs together, their hands in their laps. When men aren't present, however, women act much more casually. People try to carry themselves with dignity and patience, traits associated with royalty, though young men can be boisterous in public. People tend to dress up when going out of the house. Once home they change, thus extending the life of their street clothes.
Before the Soviet period, men worked outside the house while women did basic domestic work, or supplemented the family income by spinning, weaving, and embroidering with silk or cotton. From the 1920s on, women entered the workforce, at textile factories and in the cotton fields, but also in professional jobs opened to them by the Soviet education system. They came to make up the great majority of teachers, nurses, and doctors. Family pressure, however, sometimes kept women from attaining higher education, or working outside the home. With independence, some women have held on to positions of power, though they still may be expected to comport themselves with modesty. Men in modern Uzbekistan, though, hold the vast majority of managerial positions, as well as the most labor-intensive jobs. It is common now for men to travel north to other former Soviet republics to work in temporary jobs. Both sexes work together in all layers of society.
In sum up, Uzbekistan will be prosperous forever and their young will do their best for its prosperity. It is believed young's of Uzbekistan are the wings of country and how will high flight this country depends from the strength of wings. If be exactly from a young generation. We promise that Uzbekistan will flight high. I went east, west, south and north, but I have never found a place better than my motherland. The air that my great ancestors breathed. The water that cured diseases that was said it was incurable, and the land which carries great secrets of the past. My motherland is Uzbekistan the country which shook the world with it might and power. In my motherland children my age and other ages are no less and never were. They are the most active and the most intelligent children of this century and the century after that. If we want to be champion we will be champion we just need to have an intention and self-trust to be unstoppable. In the same time we must thank our president and our ancestor for bringing us to this peaceful and adequate time. Many years our ancestors fought for this freedom right now we have, so their generation or us to live in this type of great atmosphere. Many years of hard work showed its result.