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Nawrouz Festival

Written by Little Rock Raindrop Turkevi
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Nevruz is a spring celebration observed widely by the Turkic peoples living ina wide territory that includes East and Central Asia,Siberia, theCaucasus, Crimea, Anatolia and the Balkans. . Nevruz generally falls around March 21, corresponding to the vernal equinox, when the day and night are of equal length. Nevruz is an official holiday in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and a public holiday in Turkey. Other Turkic peoples such as Uyghurs, Yakuts, Karakalpaks, Volga or Kazan Tatars, Bashkirs and Crimean Tatars also participate in spring celebrations. (March 25, 2007, Little Rock)
Last Updated ( Monday, 23 April 2007 )

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