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Men and Women wear traditional clothes on the Navruz festival
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Tajikistan -
Navruz
Navruz is an ancient and widespread holiday in Tajikistan, and it is celebrated on the vernal equinox, the beginning of the solar year and the new year according to the Iranian calendar, as well as calendars of several other nationalities. Navruz traditionally celebrates the awakening of nature and the beginning of agricultural work.
Tajikistan -
Sada Festival
The Feast of Sada is also one of the ancient festivals of the Aryan peoples. The essence of the Sada Holiday is the victory of light over light, warm over cold and good over evil, and the people celebrate it by lighting large bonfires.\nEvery year, Sada is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Bahman (11th month of the solar calendar), which is equal to January 30 according to the chronology of the birth of Christ.\nThe main purpose of the Sada Holiday is to respect light and illumination and warmth. In empirical stories, it is said that by kindling fire, peoples called for spring and warmth and light. The purpose of the people in its celebration is considered to be the beginning of preparation for fieldwork and gardening.\nSada is a celebration for young people and adults, women and men, and all citizens in general. It did not and does not belong to any religion.
Tajikistan -
Sada Festival
The Feast of Sada is also one of the ancient festivals of the Aryan peoples. The essence of the Sada Holiday is the victory of light over light, warm over cold and good over evil, and the people celebrate it by lighting large bonfires.\nEvery year, Sada is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Bahman (11th month of the solar calendar), which is equal to January 30 according to the chronology of the birth of Christ.\nThe main purpose of the Sada Holiday is to respect light and illumination and warmth. In empirical stories, it is said that by kindling fire, peoples called for spring and warmth and light. The purpose of the people in its celebration is considered to be the beginning of preparation for fieldwork and gardening.\nSada is a celebration for young people and adults, women and men, and all citizens in general. It did not and does not belong to any religion.
Tajikistan -
Sada Festival
The Feast of Sada is also one of the ancient festivals of the Aryan peoples. The essence of the Sada Holiday is the victory of light over light, warm over cold and good over evil, and the people celebrate it by lighting large bonfires.\nEvery year, Sada is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Bahman (11th month of the solar calendar), which is equal to January 30 according to the chronology of the birth of Christ.\nThe main purpose of the Sada Holiday is to respect light and illumination and warmth. In empirical stories, it is said that by kindling fire, peoples called for spring and warmth and light. The purpose of the people in its celebration is considered to be the beginning of preparation for fieldwork and gardening.\nSada is a celebration for young people and adults, women and men, and all citizens in general. It did not and does not belong to any religion.\n
Tajikistan -
Sada Festival
The Feast of Sada is also one of the ancient festivals of the Aryan peoples. The essence of the Sada Holiday is the victory of light over light, warm over cold and good over evil, and the people celebrate it by lighting large bonfires.\nEvery year, Sada is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Bahman (11th month of the solar calendar), which is equal to January 30 according to the chronology of the birth of Christ.\nThe main purpose of the Sada Holiday is to respect light and illumination and warmth. In empirical stories, it is said that by kindling fire, peoples called for spring and warmth and light. The purpose of the people in its celebration is considered to be the beginning of preparation for fieldwork and gardening.\nSada is a celebration for young people and adults, women and men, and all citizens in general. It did not and does not belong to any religion.
Tajikistan -
Navruz
The Navruz nomination was included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 bynseven countries (Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, India, Kyrgyzstan).Navruz is a new day, a majestic day in the lives of the people. It is the festivity, the first day of solar calendar. It is the most ancient holiday of the peoples living in Central Asia and the East. The day of Navruz festivity matches with that of spring equinox (21 or 22 March), i.e. when the sun enters the constellation of Aries. In addition, Navruzisconsideredto be thefestivity which celebrates the beginning of agricultural works. As a rule, during Navruz folk promenades were organized, delicious foods with use of fresh greens were prepared, sowing of some crops was initiated.
Uzbekistan -
Navruz
The Navruz nomination was included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 bynseven countries (Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, India, Kyrgyzstan).Navruz is a new day, a majestic day in the lives of the people. It is the festivity, the first day of solar calendar. It is the most ancient holiday of the peoples living in Central Asia and the East. The day of Navruz festivity matches with that of spring equinox (21 or 22 March), i.e. when the sun enters the constellation of Aries. In addition, Navruzisconsideredto be thefestivity which celebrates the beginning of agricultural works. As a rule, during Navruz folk promenades were organized, delicious foods with use of fresh greens were prepared, sowing of some crops was initiated.
Uzbekistan -
Navruz
The Navruz nomination was included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 bynseven countries (Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, India, Kyrgyzstan).Navruz is a new day, a majestic day in the lives of the people. It is the festivity, the first day of solar calendar. It is the most ancient holiday of the peoples living in Central Asia and the East. The day of Navruz festivity matches with that of spring equinox (21 or 22 March), i.e. when the sun enters the constellation of Aries. In addition, Navruzisconsideredto be thefestivity which celebrates the beginning of agricultural works. As a rule, during Navruz folk promenades were organized, delicious foods with use of fresh greens were prepared, sowing of some crops was initiated.
Uzbekistan -
Navruz
The Navruz nomination was included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 bynseven countries (Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, India, Kyrgyzstan).Navruz is a new day, a majestic day in the lives of the people. It is the festivity, the first day of solar calendar. It is the most ancient holiday of the peoples living in Central Asia and the East. The day of Navruz festivity matches with that of spring equinox (21 or 22 March), i.e. when the sun enters the constellation of Aries. In addition, Navruzisconsideredto be thefestivity which celebrates the beginning of agricultural works. As a rule, during Navruz folk promenades were organized, delicious foods with use of fresh greens were prepared, sowing of some crops was initiated.
Uzbekistan -
Navruz
The Navruz nomination was included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 bynseven countries (Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, India, Kyrgyzstan).Navruz is a new day, a majestic day in the lives of the people. It is the festivity, the first day of solar calendar. It is the most ancient holiday of the peoples living in Central Asia and the East. The day of Navruz festivity matches with that of spring equinox (21 or 22 March), i.e. when the sun enters the constellation of Aries. In addition, Navruzisconsideredto be thefestivity which celebrates the beginning of agricultural works. As a rule, during Navruz folk promenades were organized, delicious foods with use of fresh greens were prepared, sowing of some crops was initiated.
Uzbekistan -
Navruz
The Navruz nomination was included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 bynseven countries (Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, India, Kyrgyzstan).Navruz is a new day, a majestic day in the lives of the people. It is the festivity, the first day of solar calendar. It is the most ancient holiday of the peoples living in Central Asia and the East. The day of Navruz festivity matches with that of spring equinox (21 or 22 March), i.e. when the sun enters the constellation of Aries. In addition, Navruzisconsideredto be thefestivity which celebrates the beginning of agricultural works. As a rule, during Navruz folk promenades were organized, delicious foods with use of fresh greens were prepared, sowing of some crops was initiated.
Uzbekistan