Techno fest in ship graveyard aims to revive vanished Aral Sea
Uzbek electronica jamboree seeks to lure waters back to parched sea bed
They’ve tried dams, dykes and dialogue over the years in vain attempts to reverse one of the world’s most stunning environmental disasters – the near-total disappearance of a sea that was once the size of Ireland.
So it’s time for a different approach. On Friday, the deserted, dried-out bed of the Aral Sea in a remote part of Central Asia will echo to the sound of an electronic music festival, as activists try to raise awareness of the catastrophe, and put the sea back on the map, figuratively, if not literally.
Visitors to Moynaq, a forlorn Uzbek town, are usually disaster tourists coming
