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provide clear evidence of such cultural âtoursâ. The figurines made of clay, bronze and other materials depict men and women with musical instruments travelling on camels. Some depict dancers in
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performed wearing vermilion dress and red leather shoes. Rolling, twirling and twisting the body were unique aspects of their dances which can be seen today both in Far-Eastern and Uzbek female dances.
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and in cultural and intellectual exchange between those civilizations. Transoxian craftsmen and merchants exported their goods and took with them musicians, dancers and singers. Artifacts found both in
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dancers and singers. Bo Tsyuy-I at the end of 9th century wrote a poem âA singer girl from Chochâ, inspired by the voice of a young woman from
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Belenitskiy A.M. The New
Memorials of the Art of Ancient Pandjikent. //Sculpture and Pictorial Art of Ancient Pandjikent. Moscow, 1959.
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and men of high rank. Music and song were used to attract the attention of
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Oriental Music. 74 pages. Samarkand, 2009.
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Afrasiab Lute. //From the History of the Great City. Tashkent, 1972.
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Recent archeological researches in
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Sogdiens en Chine. //Ecole franciasa dâExtreme-Orient. Paris, 2005.
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