Caravanistan

Thanks for all the suggestions, I will check them out!

On the poppier end of the scale, I quite like Kazakhstan's Turkvision winner "Izim korem": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y61PXxa903I

"Bir an salam" by Qonyratbay Fam is also an enjoyable listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08A5C9OeT-U

Anyway, I actually came here to post that out gay couple Oskar & Dan have recently visited Uzbekistan and I quite enjoyed their videos as a basic overview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgp3C_23cNQ

What an aggressive response! I will give you the benefit of the doubt and answer as if you are sincerely asking to be educated rather than just taking this as a chance to shout at a gay person. -- referring to the topic: what's wrong with you do hetero say about their heterity on all the ocasions? "...

Unfortunately, things seem to be regressing rather than progressing in Uzbekistan with regards to LGBT rights - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/apr/02/new-laws-fuelling-increasing-hostility-and-anti-lgbtq-violence-in-uzbekistan I would actually disagree. The fact that there are ...

Unfortunately, things seem to be regressing rather than progressing in Uzbekistan with regards to LGBT rights - https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve ... uzbekistan

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