Lesson type: a lesson in the assimilation of new knowledge using elements of development technology critical thinking.
Grade: 10
Teacher: Chernetskaya Diana Boleslavovna
TARGET:
formation of a holistic view of culture, traditions different peoples of the world on the example of the celebration of St. Patrick's Day in Ireland and Nauryz in Kazakhstan.
TASKS:
DEVELOPING: develop monologue skills
and dialogical speech, reading, writing.
EDUCATIONAL: to give new information about the traditional holiday of Ireland, to teach how to compare the celebrations of St. Patrick's Day in Ireland and Nauryz in Kazakhstan, to train vocabulary on the topic in a variety of exercises;
EDUCATIONAL:
educating students of interest and respect for the culture and traditions of the country of the language being studied and their native country; to develop positive motivation for further study of the English language;
Forms: frontal, individual, group
development of communication skills in a group, tolerant understanding of other people.
LESSON EQUIPMENT: computer presentation for the lesson, projector, didactic material about St. Patrick's Day and Nauryz, music in the Kazakh Irish style, drawing paper, felt-tip pens, stickers.
I 1. Greeting:
T Good morning, students! Good morning, our dear guests! I'm glad to greet you at our lesson. Different countries have different cultures, traditions, customs and holidays. There are many holidays in our country and English-speaking countries. But there are holidays which people like best of all. Do you like holidays? What are your favorite holidays?
II I want you to look at the blackboard. 1st Patrick's Day, Year's Day, Christmas, Victory Day, Independence Day, St. Stephan's Day, Nauryz, Constitution Day. Will you read these words and answer the question: What are we going to speak about today?
P: I think we're going to speak about holidays.
1. T: Right you are. Now, I'd like you to march the names of the holidays and the dates of their celebrations.
St. Patrick's DayDecember 16
New Year's Day December, 25/January, 7
Christmas January, 1
Victory Day May 9
Independence Day March 17
St. Stephan's DayDecember 26
NauryzAugust 30
Constitution Day March 30
Brainstorming 2. T: You have guessed that we speak about “Holidays”.
Let's choose the Kazakh and the Irish ones.
Tell me, please, what spring holidays in Kazakhstan and Ireland do you know?
What holidays are celebrations in March in our country and Ireland?
P: Nauryz and "St. Patrick's Day"
T Well, today The theme of our lesson is Spring Holidays: St. Patrick's Day and Nauryz.
3. Teacher: Our next task is SCRAMBLED WORDS. The words you see are written in the wrong order. Write the words correctly. You have 3 minutes to do this task.
word list
nsskae – ____________ khrcsmao – ____________
hmrca – ____________ energ – ____________
lodg – ____________ trcpaik – ____________
nhcrlpeeua - ___________ dnaleri - ____________
Key: Snakes; March; gold; Ireland; Shamrock; green; Patrick; Leprechaun
word list
Psingr________ hmrca - ____________
Azaknaktsh ________ secar-_________
Esevn -__________ lihoayd -________
Ruyt- __________ zyruanzheok - __________
Key: Spring, Kazakhstan, march, holiday, nauryz-kozhe, yurt, seven, races
Check up your answers according to the key.
III 4. Do you want to learn more about "St. Patrick"s Day" and Nauryz day?
In these envelopes you'll find texts about different holidays, but they are mixed. I’d like the I group to choose and gather text devoted to "St. Patrick's Day", and the II group to Nauryz.
Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated each year on March 17th. In Ireland, Saint Patrick's Day is both a holy day and a national holiday. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland as he was the one who brought Christianity to the Irish.
According to legend, Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain about God. The shamrock, which looks like clover, has three leaves on each stem. Saint Patrick told the people that the shamrock was like the idea of the Trinity – that in the one God there are three divine beings: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. There is a lot of green in Ireland, so green is Ireland's national color. People often wear green clothes on St. Patrick's Day. There are many stories about St. Patrick. One story says there are no snakes in Ireland because St. Patrick sent them away. St. Patrick died on March 17 in the year 461.
Nowadays Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated with parades with the procession of brass bands, eccentric suits, folk dancers and laughing persons by hundreds of millions of people. On this day, the whole world - from Dublin to Sidney and from New York to Moscow and Saint Petersburg - becomes Irish.
Nauryz
The most important Kazakh holiday of the year is Nauryz.
“Nauryz” is a Persian word which means ‘the new day’. Nauryz, which begins March 22, was always the main holiday for peoples of East. Nauryz is celebrated in Albania, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
Nauryz is the day when nature enlivens, day and night become equal in duration. Nauryz is the holiday of spring, for Kazakhs the beginning of the year. ‘Ulystyn uly kuni’. ‘Ulys kuni’ is the people’s great day.
In modern Kazakhstan, Nauryz is truly a social event. People gather together at their main city
squares, where holiday organizers erect yurts, stages, and trading tents where crafts and goods
are sold. Nauryz symbolized the birth of a new year's cycle of life.
There is a traditional belief that people will spend their new year in a manner similar to the way
they celebrated Nauryz. Indeed, the Nauryz table has important symbolism: the more food you have on your table, the better and more sufficient your life may be in the coming year. According to tradition, the number seven has a magical meaning and it is good to have seven dishes on your table. There is a special Nauryz meal called Nauryz-Kozhe.
Remember, Nauryz is about welcoming spring, so even just getting outside to commemorate the change of seasons is a way to welcome the holiday.
Above all, Nauryz is a family holiday. It's about spending time together with family and friends,
taking the time to connect with those who are important to you.
5 Make up a cluster about Saint Patrick's Day and Nauryz, using information from the texts.
6. Your task is to put words in the correct order to make sentences and
then you'll read them to all of us.
When he was sixteen, he was captured by Irish pirates.
The pirates sold him as a slave.
Patrick worked in Ireland for forty years.
Begin your work, you have 2 minutes!
Let's see what you've got!
7. T: You must read a text about Nauryz day. Look through it and decide if the statements are true or false.
1. Nauryz was always the main holiday for peoples of West. F
2. “Nauryz” is a Persian word which means ‘the new day’. T
3. According to tradition, the number seventy has a magical meaning. F
4. There is a special Nauryz meal called Nauryz-Kozhe. T
5. Nauryz is the holiday of winter, for Kazakhs the beginning of the year. F
6. Nauryz symbolized the birth of an old year's cycle of life. F
8. Thick and thin questions.
Teacher: Let's see how well you know Patrick and nauryz symbols, history and traditions. Your task is to make up four questions to the text. After it each group will ask another one. You are to answer all the questions.
1 Why do people wear green clothes on St. Patrick's Day?
We think that green is Ireland's national color.
2What are the symbols of St. Patrick's Day? Shamrock, leprechaun, Snake, green color
3When do people celebrate St. Patrick's Day? On March 17
4What did Saint Patrick use to explain about God? Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain about God.
1 Which countries is Nauryz celebration? Albania, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Ayarein, Kyrgyzstan,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
2 What kind of holiday is Nauryz? It is a national holiday
3 What do people do on Nauryz ? They congratulate each other, sing songs, play the dombyra and games, take part in various competitions and going to visit relatives and friends.
4 Explain why do people begin to celebrate Nauryz? We think that for Kazakhs, this day is a symbol of the coming of spring, warmth, love and fertility.
9. T Your home task was to find some legends about St. Patrick's Day and Nauryz. I'm pleased to know about it. What legends did you find about St. Patrick's Day and Nauryz coming from?
There are lots of legends about Nauryz. They say that Kerem who is God of the other world and the king of the country of death kidnapped beautiful Nargiz to his underground kingdom. But he promised to let her meet her mother every spring. So, when she makes her way towards the mother the earth that warmed by her breath, returns to life.
There are lots of legends about this holiday
Some legends tell that he healed dead people too. One story tells that he made snow burn. Another story tells that Patrick chased all the snakes out of Ireland by beating on his drum. There are no snakes in Ireland today. According to legend, Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain about God.
Saint Patrick told the people that the shamrock was like the idea of the Trinity. So green is Ireland’s national color and People often wear green clothes on St. Patrick's Day.
But St. Patrick's Day has heathen motives. One of the principle characters of the holiday are leprechauns/ They are magic gnomes, who possesses the pot full of gold. If it is possible for lucky searcher to catch one of the leprechauns, this creature must tell the person where is hidden treasure/
10. Let's make up Venn's diagram. Our task is to compare 2 holidays and find their similarities and differences
St. Patrick's Day Nauryz
differences similarities differences
Ireland Kazakhstan
Symbols: symbols:
Number seven, the sun and tulips
shamrock,
leprechaun,
Snake, green color national holiday
Date: March, 17 the holiday of spring March, 22
traditional food legends traditional food
the main holiday 3 days the main holiday for people of East
for people of Europe month
11 Please, make up cinquains with the words: Celebration or holiday
celebration
Cool, funny
Sing, celebrate, dance
It's fantastic
Party
holiday
merry, great
play, move, run
we're having a great time
Nauryz
IV. Our lesson is coming to the end. So, let's discuss our lesson! I hope you have learned today a lot of interesting information about St. Patrick's Day and Nauryz Day.
Please, tell me your opinions about our lesson.
Do you like our lesson? What information was new for you? What task was the most difficult, the most interesting? Please write about it on your stickers and stick them on the blackboard.
V Your home task is to make a crossword about St. Patrick's Day and to make the test about Nauryz Day
Thank you very much for your attention and work!
happy st. Patrick's Day and Nauryz Day! Good bye!
Nauryz – Kazakh new year
Nauryz is a very important holiday for Kazakhs, which marks the beginning of a new year. It is celebrated several days starting from 21st of March, the day of the spring equinox.
Nauryz means ‘new day’, it is celebration in the Great Steppes from ancient times.
Nauryz symbolizes goodness and wealth, happiness and love and a great friendship day, since this holiday is common for many nations.
During Nauryz celebrations, past offences are forgiven and forgotten and everybody makes a wish to leave all badness behind and bring renewal in the New Year.
Celebration of Nauryz
During the Nauryz holiday, large and small cities, villages become festival centres, feltyurts – traditional nomad houses are erected in city centers and rich dastarkhan (table) is laid down in each of them.
City squares get full of yurts, and many performances take place there. Here one can learn about the culture and lifestyle of nomads and find people wearing beautiful national clothes, listen to Kazakh songs and play of musical instruments, etc. In holiday exhibitions and fairs traditional gifts and souvenirs are sold.
Usually young people gather around Altybakan, which is a large hanging swing, with colorful decorations, where songs are sung, and traditional games are played.
During Nauryz holiday, many famous stars give concerts in cities and the holiday is completed by fireworks.
Dishes served during Nauryz
Nauryz kozhe is the most important of all meals during these days and a main symbol of Nauryz, since it is prepared specially for this day. Nauryz kozhe is special for its unique recipe.Traditionally, 7 different ingredients are added to Nauryz kozhe, which may vary, but basically these ingredients include: water, meat, salt, milk or yoghurt, one type of grains, chosen from rice, corn or wheat, and others. Seven ingredients symbolize seven virtues or qualities, such as joy, success, intelligence, health, wealth, agility and security.
During the celebration of Nauryz, the kozhe is offered to all guests in any city or village of Kazakhstan. Besides, other traditional Kazakh meals, such as beshbarmak, kuyrdak, baursak, and many types of meals made from milk (youghurt, kurt, cream, butter, cheese, etc) are also offered.
Nauryz – Kazakh new year Nauryz is a very important holiday for Kazakhs, which marks the beginning of a new year. It is celebrated several days starting from 21st of March, the day of the spring equinox. Nauryz means ‘new day’, it is celebration in the Great Steppes from ancient times. Nauryz symbolizes goodness and wealth, happiness and love and a great friendship day, since this holiday is common for many nations. During Nauryz celebrations, past offences are forgiven and forgotten and everybody makes a wish to leave all badness behind and bring renewal in the New Year. Celebration of Nauryz During the Nauryz holiday, large and small cities, villages become festival centres, feltyurts – traditional nomad houses are erected in city centres, and rich dastarkhan (table) is laid down in each of them. City squares get full of yurts, and many performances take place there. Here one can learn about the culture and lifestyle of nomads and find people wearing beautiful national clothes, listen to Kazakh songs and play of musical instruments, etc. In holiday exhibitions and fairs traditional gifts and souvenirs are sold. Usually young people gather around Altybakan, which is a large hanging swing, with colorful decorations, where songs are sung, and traditional games are played. During Nauryz holiday, many famous stars give concerts in cities and the holiday is completed by fireworks. Dishes served during Nauryz Nauryz kozhe is the most important of all meals during these days and a main symbol of Nauryz, since it is prepared specially for this day. Nauryz kozhe is special for its unique recipe.Traditionally, 7 different ingredients are added to Nauryz kozhe, which may vary, but basically these ingredients include: water, meat, salt, milk or yoghurt, one type of grains, chosen from rice, corn or wheat, and others. Seven ingredients symbolize seven virtues or qualities, such as joy, success, intelligence, health, wealth, agility and security. During the celebration of Nauryz, the kozhe is offered to all guests in any city or village of Kazakhstan. Besides, other traditional Kazakh meals, such as beshbarmak, kuyrdak, baursak, and many types of meals made from milk (youghurt, kurt, cream, butter, cheese, etc) are also offered.
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Nauryz - Kazakh New YearNauryz is a very important holiday for the Kazakhs, which marks the beginning of the new year. It is celebrated for several days, starting from March 21, on the day of the spring equinox. Nauryz means "new day", it has been celebrated in the Great Steppe since ancient times. Nauryz symbolizes goodness and wealth, happiness and love and great friendship day, since this holiday is a common for many peoples.During the celebration of Nauryz Meiramy, the last crimes are forgiven and forgotten, and everyone makes a wish to leave all evil and bring renewal in the new year.Celebration of NauryzOn the Nauryz holiday, cities and towns, villages become festival centers, feltyurts – traditional nomad houses are erected in city centers and a rich dastarkhan (table) is fixed in each of them. City squares get full of yurts, and many performances take place there. Here you can learn about the culture and life of nomads and find people in beautiful national clothes, listen to Kazakh songs and play musical instruments, etc. Traditional gifts and souvenirs are sold during exhibitions and fairs. Usually young people gather around Altybakan, which is a large hanging swing, with colorful scenery, where songs are sung, and traditional games. During the Nauryz holiday, many famous stars give concerts in the cities and the holiday ends with fireworks. Dishes served during Nauryz Nauryz kozhe is the most important of all the menus these days and the main symbol of Nauryz, as it is prepared especially for this day. Especially for her unique Nauryz kozhe recipe.Traditionally, 7 different ingredients are added to Nauryz kozhe, which may vary, but mostly these ingredients include: water, meat, salt, milk or yogurt, one type of grain, rice, corn or wheat, etc. The seven ingredients symbolize seven virtues or qualities such as joy, success, intelligence, health, wealth, agility, and security. During the celebration of Nauryz, kozhe is offered to all guests in any town or village in Kazakhstan. In addition, other traditional Kazakh dishes are also offered, such as beshbarmak, Kuyrdak, baursaki and many types of dishes made from milk (straight, Kurt, cream, butter, cheese, etc.).
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Nauryz - Kazakh New Year
Nauryz is a very important holiday for the Kazakhs, which marks the beginning of the new year. It is celebrated a few days later, starting on March 21, on the day of the vernal equinox.
Nauryz means "new day" and has been celebrated in the Great Steppe since ancient times.
Nauryz symbolizes kindness and wealth, happiness and love, and a great day of friendship, as this holiday is common to many nations.
During the Nauryz celebrations, past grievances are forgiven and forgotten, and one makes a wish to leave all badness behind and bring renewal into the new year. Celebration of Nauryz During the Nauryz holiday, towns and cities, villages became festival centers, feltyurts - traditional nomadic houses are erected in urban centers and rich dastarkhan (table) is laid in each of them. City squares get full of yurts and many performances take place there. Here you can learn about the culture and lifestyle of nomads and find people dressed in beautiful national costumes, listen to Kazakh songs and play musical instruments, etc. In spa exhibitions and fairs, traditional gifts and souvenirs are sold. Usually young people gather around Altybakan, which is a large hanging swing, with colorful scenery, where songs are sung and traditional games are played. During the Nauryz holiday, many famous stars give concerts in the cities and the holiday ends with fireworks. Meals are served during Nauryz Nauryz kozhe is the most important of all meals during these days and the main symbol of the Nauryz holiday, as it is prepared especially for this day. Nauryz kozhe is specially made for its unique recipe.Traditionally, 7 different ingredients are added to Nauryz kozhe, which can vary, but mostly these ingredients include water, meat, salt, milk or yogurt, one type of grain chosen from rice, corn or wheat, and other. The seven ingredients symbolize the seven virtues or qualities such as joy, success, intelligence, health, wealth, dexterity and security. During the celebration of Nauryz, a skin bottle is offered to all guests in any town or village in Kazakhstan. In addition, other traditional Kazakh dishes such as Beshbarmak kuyrdak, baursak, and many types of dishes made from milk (youghurt, kurt, cream, butter, cheese, etc.) are also offered.
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Nauryz - Kazakh New Year
- Nauryz - is a very important holiday for the Kazakhs, which marks the beginning of the new year. It is celebrated for several days, starting on March 21, on the day of the spring equinox.
- Nauryz - means "new day", it is celebrated in the great steppe from ancient times.
- Nauryz - is a symbol of goodness and prosperity, happiness and love and friendship day, since this holiday is common to many nations.
during Nauryz, past crimes, forgive and forget, and everyone does would like to leave everything ineffective behind and bring revival to the new year. Windy Nauryz celebration
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in WKO, many famous stars give concerts in the cities and celebrate fireworks.
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Nauryz is one of the oldest holidays on Earth. This holiday of spring and the renewed life of the Earth has been celebrated for over five thousand years by many cultures of the Middle and Central Asia and, according to some sources, by eastern Slavs as well.
Historical records referring to this holiday can be found in ancient and middle age documents. In the oriental chronology, it corresponds to Navruz, the Iranian New Year. Kazakhs, Uzbeks and Uighurs passed the Nauryz traditions from generation to generation. The Tajiks called it Gulgardon or Gulnavruz, the Tatars refer to it as Nardugan and the Ancient Greeks knew it as Patrich. The roots of this holiday can be traced to old pagan rituals. The celebration was meant to reflect people's love to nature. People have preserved the rituals, and today the holiday has acquired new spiritual and ethical meaning.
This holiday has been celebrated on 22 March, the day of the spring equinox. That "s why the Kazakhs call the month of March Nauryz. It was celebrated as the day of the renewed life which comes with the spring. It was the day when the first spring thunder strikes, buds are swelling on the trees and vegetation grows wildly Nauryz as a non-religious celebration of the spring and renewal is closely linked to some other Kazakh holidays, such as a "farewell to winter" festival. It was seen as a good omen if it was snowing on that day.
The March snow is usually soft and particularly white. Beautiful girls were often compared to the white snow of Nauzys. In the past, the Kazakh called Nauryz the Day of the People or the Great Day of the People. People believed, the more generous the celebration of Nauryz was the happier the year would be. Therefore, there are so many rituals and festivities related to this holiday. On the eve of the holiday, people would clean their homes, pay back their debts and reconciled with their opponents because, as the old people used to say, if Nauryz entered the house, all diseases and failures would pass it by. On the night before the festival, all vessels in the house would be filled with milk, airan (plain yogurt), grain, and spring water because it meant that people would have a lot of milk, good yield and plenty of rain during the coming year.
During the day, everybody tried to be in good spirits, would give a big hug to each other and wish good fortune and happiness to others. The celebrations would begin with sunrise. There is an old ritual "If you see a spring, clean up its source". At dawn, all adults, youngsters and children would pick up spades, go to an agreed place near a spring or aryk (small water canal) and clean it. There, they would also plant trees under the supervision of respectable old people. During the process, they had to say: "Let a man leave a tree rather than a herd in the people"s memory" and "If you cut one tree, you will have to plant ten!"
Now Kazakhstan is preparing to celebrate one of important nation holidays, Nauryz, so I want to introduce my readers with this holiday’s traditions and parallel to practice to writing compositions.
For kazakhs Nauryz is a symbol of spring renew, grand of love, fertility and friendship. In old days before Nauryz arrival people had turned out of their houses and farm, for holiday's name after had planted trees and flowers. It is believed that if Nauryz is coming in to clear home to good owner, illnesses, failures, hardships are comed around the side of.
"Nauryz" means "spring"s born". This is the most main and old festival for east nations. Properly speaking, the 22nd day of March is New Year in line with east calendary. It has other name, Ulys Kuni (New Year's First Day) or Ulystyn Uly Kuni (People's Great Day).It is believe, free celebrating of Nauryz will bring affluence and success for house for all year.
Celebrating accompanied universal fun, games, horses races and other jollity. The main ritual course of this holiday is Nauryz-kozhe, which consists of 7 ingredients, which symbolized 7 elements of live: water, meat, salt, fat, flour, grass (rise, maize/corn or wheat) and milk. This ingredients symbolizes joy, luck, wisdom, health, welfare, speed, growth and divine protection.
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I put it up for discussion.
Currently, Kazakhstan is actively preparing for the celebration of one of the significant public holidays - Nauryz, so I would like to acquaint my readers with the traditions of this holiday, and at the same time practice writing an essay.
For Kazakhs, Nauryz meiramy is a symbol of spring renewal, the triumph of love, fertility and friendship. In the old days, before the advent of Nauryz, people put their houses and households in order, planted trees and flowers in honor of the holiday. It was believed that if Nauryz enters a clean house to a good owner, then illness, failure, adversity bypass him.
"Nauryz" means "birth of spring". This is the most important and ancient festival of the Eastern peoples. In fact, March 22 is New Year according to the ancient eastern calendar. It has another name, Ulys Kuny ("First Day of the New Year") or Ulystyn Uly Kuny ("Great Day of the People"). It is believed that a generous celebration of the Nauryz holiday will bring abundance and success to the house for the whole year.
Celebrations are accompanied by widespread fun, games, horse races and other amusements. The main ritual dish of this holiday is nauryz-kozhe, which should consist of 7 ingredients, symbolizing the 7 elements of life: water, meat, salt, fat, flour, cereals (rice, corn or wheat) and milk. These ingredients symbolize joy, luck, wisdom, health, wealth, speed, growth, and divine protection.
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Nauryz is a very important holiday for Kazakhs, which marks the beginning of a new year. It is celebrated several days starting from 21st of March, the day of the spring equinox.
Nauryz means ‘new day’, it is celebration in the Great Steppes from ancient times.
Nauryz symbolizes goodness and wealth, happiness and love and a great friendship day, since this holiday is common for many nations.
During Nauryz celebrations, past offences are forgiven and forgotten and everybody makes a wish to leave all badness behind and bring renewal in the New Year.
Celebration of Nauryz
During the Nauryz holiday, large and small cities, villages become festival centres, - traditional nomad houses are erected in city centers and rich dastarkhan (table) is laid down in each of them.
City squares get full of yurts, and many performances take place there. Here one can learn about the culture and lifestyle of nomads and find people wearing , listen to Kazakh songs and play of musical instruments, etc. In holiday exhibitions and fairs traditional gifts and souvenirs are sold.
Usually young people gather around Altybakan, which is a large hanging swing, with colorful decorations, where songs are sung, and traditional games are played.
During Nauryz holiday, many famous stars give concerts in cities and the holiday is completed by fireworks.
Dishes served during Nauryz
Nauryz kozhe is the most important of all meals during these days and a main symbol of Nauryz, since it is prepared specially for this day. Nauryz kozhe is special for its unique recipe.Traditionally, 7 different ingredients are added to Nauryz kozhe, which may vary, but basically these ingredients include: water, meat, salt, milk or yoghurt, one type of grains, chosen from rice, corn or wheat, and others. Seven ingredients symbolize seven virtues or qualities, such as joy, success, intelligence, health, wealth, agility and security.
During the celebration of Nauryz, the kozhe is offered to all guests in any city or village of Kazakhstan. Besides, other traditional , such as beshbarmak, kuyrdak, baursak, and many types of meals made from milk (youghurt, kurt, cream, butter, cheese, etc) are also offered.
Interesting facts:
- Between 1926-1988, Nauryz holiday was not officially celebrated in Kazakhstan (Kazakh Soviet Socialistic Republic those days)
- In 2009 - 3 days of Nauryz holiday, starting 21th of March, were officially announced bank holidays in Kazakhstan.
- September 30, 2009 - Nauryz was included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO; since then, 21 of March is announced International Day of Nowruz (Nauryz).
Now enjoy a short clip about Nauryz celebrations from Steppe Tales travel documentary.
