Holidays and Festivals of Uzbekistan contents

sweets, milk and rice.  

In the western provinces of China, both Turkish and Chinese people celebrate 

the holiday of Navruz by wearing bright cheerful clothes and going to the 

temple with flowers and a small clay figure of a buffalo. A large bamboo 

buffalo is constructed near the temple and covered with paper painted in red, 

black, white, green and yellow, which symbolize the five elements of the 

universe (fire, water, metal, wood and earth). Near the temple people break 

clay figures down and burn the bamboo buffalo.  

Central Asia has its own Navruz traditions. From ancient times, the holiday 

was celebrated in agricultural oases with festivals, bazaars, horseracing, and 

dog and cock fights. Today, Uzbeks still serve a traditional meal of 

"sumalyak," which tastes like molasses-flavored cream of wheat and is made