Holidays

•The major holidays in Tajikistan are religious ones such as Idi sa’idi fitr, Idi Qurban and Navruz, the Muslim New Year, which is celebrated at the spring equinox. It marks new life and new hopes for all who love and celebrate this holiday. Entire villages prepare for this festival, cooking dishes exclusive to this season – the tables full to bursting!

• In Idi saidi fitr and Idi  Qurban  an average family might have seventy to eighty people visiting them a day, not including the children who come around in the early morning for sweets!

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Navruz is national holiday As we know one of the national holidays of our country is Navruz. Every year from the 21st till 22nd of March all tajik people celebrate Navruz holiday.

Navruz is one of the oldest Holiday of Tajikistan. It symbolizes the coming of the spring. We can say that the nature is wake up from its sleep. From this day the night and day become equal. The word “Navruz” consist of two Tajik words, which is: ”Nav”-new and “Ruz”-day. So they means new day. Also from the beginning of Navruz, people begin their work in farms. 

Navruz is one of the oldest Holiday of Tajikistan. It symbolizes the coming of the spring. We can say that the nature is wake up from its sleep. From this day the night and day become equal. The word “Navruz” consist of two tajik words, which are: ”Nav”-new and “Ruz”-day. So they means new day. Also from the beginning of Navruz, people begin their work in farms.

The meaning of Navruz: The meaning of Navruz Thus Navruz is the beginning of the new year, of the new wonderful life, of the new believes and new happiness. In this year in our town there are a lot of interesting competitions and measures

Traditions in Navruz:  Usually the family celebrate it with national food which called Sumanak. Sumanak cooks from night till morning. Each member of the family must combine it no less than ones. Navruz can not be imagined without Sumanak. What is Sumanak?

Sumanak is traditional food of Tajik people which cooked only in Navruz. Sumanak is cooked from wheat. It is difficult to cook Sumanak lonely. It is usually cooked with neighbor co-workers etc. Many people come together to cook Sumanak and cooking Sumanak takes long time. During cooking people do some interesting activities such as dancing, singing etc..
Here is a link for  how Tajik people meet Nawruz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5-fGdP3l-s