{"id":10905,"date":"2026-07-18T07:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/qovun-sayli-2026-a-celebration-of-melons-khorezm-cuisine-and-a-live-performance-by-maksim-in-khiva\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T07:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:56:49","slug":"qovun-sayli-2026-a-celebration-of-melons-khorezm-cuisine-and-a-live-performance-by-maksim-in-khiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/qovun-sayli-2026-a-celebration-of-melons-khorezm-cuisine-and-a-live-performance-by-maksim-in-khiva\/","title":{"rendered":"Qovun Sayli 2026: A Celebration of Melons, Khorezm Cuisine and a Live Performance by MakSim in Khiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last year, I visited the Qovun Sayli festival in Khiva <\/a>\u2013 and I don\u2019t think I had ever tasted so many delicious melons in my life! There seemed to be \u201ca thousand\u201d different varieties \u2013 sweet, fragrant and completely different from one another. And the best part was that they were generously shared with all the guests. <\/p>\n\n

But the festival was memorable not only for its melons. Khorezm cuisine \u2013 fish, tukhum barak and other local dishes \u2013 was another highlight of this major gastronomic celebration. <\/p>\n\n

On 7, 8 and 9 August, ancient Khiva will once again become a vibrant centre of national traditions, gastronomy, music and celebration. Qovun Sayli 2026 will take place at two venues \u2013 Ichan Kala and the Arda Khiva tourist complex. <\/p>\n\n

Throughout the three-day festival, guests can enjoy exhibitions of rare melon varieties, traditional Khorezm dishes, folklore performances, theatrical shows, concerts, craft fairs, workshops, folk games, photo zones and evening fireworks.<\/p>\n\n

This year, the organisers are once again promising something spectacular. Popular singer MakSim will be one of the festival\u2019s main stars. She will perform at the Arda Khiva tourist complex on 8 August. <\/p>\n\n

\ud83c\udf9f Admission is free.<\/p>\n\n

If you want to experience the true taste of a Khorezm summer, discover local traditions and hear MakSim perform her most popular songs \u2013 come to Khiva!<\/p>\n\n

\ud83d\udcc5 7\u20139 August\ud83d\udccd Ichan Kala and the Arda Khiva tourist complex<\/p>\n\n

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From 7 to 9 August, Khiva will once again become a vibrant centre of food, music and national traditions. Guests of Qovun Sayli 2026 can enjoy rare melon varieties, Khorezm cuisine, concerts, folk festivities and a live performance by singer MakSim. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,65],"tags":[491,488,486,492,483,489,490,485,487,484,482],"class_list":["post-10905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-travel-and-discovery","tag-arda-khiva","tag-festivals-in-uzbekistan","tag-gastronomic-tourism","tag-ichan-kala","tag-khiva","tag-khorezm","tag-khorezm-cuisine","tag-maksim","tag-melon-festival","tag-qovun-sayli-2026","tag-travel-in-uzbekistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10906,"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905\/revisions\/10906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayolqadri.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}