Central Asian Leaders Discuss Regional Challenges in Astana
0° / -1°C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018 No 6 (144) www.astanatimes.com Nauryz unites Kazakhstan in celebration Nazarbayev pays surprise traditional sport competition. The children mostly liked the ethnic village. No one was bored,” Asta- na resident Zhamilya Bayazitova visit to Samarkand, told The Astana Times. The traditional and symbolic holiday dish, Nauryz kozhe, meets with Mirziyoyev was prepared in an enormous taikazan (a type of cooking pot) with a capacity of 1,000 litres. Nauryz kozhe consists of sev- en components, a number that symbolises the seven days of the week and seven virtues. Tra- ditionally, everyone should visit seven houses and invite seven guests to their home on the holi- day. Guests were also offered other traditional Kazakh and Central Asian dishes in a food court. In the past, perhaps the biggest sensation was a performance by Photo credit: madeniet.astana.kz. Photo credit: legendary Kazakh wrestler and zher, bak konghan nurly el” (“Re- expect this holiday with pleasure Guinness World Record-holder By Aigerim Sadykova newed land, blessed country”) at and great joy, as day and night are Kazhimukan Munaitpasov and the expo’s Congress Centre. Nau- equal, winter ends and spring with Baluan Sholak. This year, famous ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s an- ryz was embodied as a boy in the summer begins,” Nazarbayev said. athlete and one of Kazakhstan’s nual Nauryz celebration on March story, a hero who returns warmth, Guests at the so called ethnic 100 New Faces Sergei Tsyrulnikov By Almasbek Zhumadilov of ties between the two nations’ 21 and 22 was as eventful as ever, love and patience stolen from his village were greeted by characters also delighted the crowd by tearing business communities as well as despite this year’s cold, foggy people by dark forces.
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