Holidays and Festivals of Uzbekistan contents

year and the triumph of life and warmth over the long cold winter. So, 

wherever you are next March 21, celebrate life!  

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New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are also celebrated by Uzbek people 

with great enthusiasm. In every family a New Year tree is decorated and a 

feast is prepared. Outdoor fetes take place, too. Various entertainment 

programs are broadcast on TV. 

 

Among the state holidays of Uzbekistan there are many religious ones. They 

are celebrated according to the Muslim lunar calendar. In the Soviet times 

these holidays were banned in Uzbekistan. But after the country became 

independent, these holidays were legalized and by now they have acquired 

really nation-wide character. One of the most significant Muslim holidays is 

Kurban-Khait. It is the day when the faithful should make a gratifying 

oblation in accordance with their personal incomes. After the ritual praying 

the faithful go on visits or receive guests at home. On this day those who are 

poor and suffering are taken a special care of.  

Day of memory and honor (May, 9th) 

 

In 1999 majestic Square of Memory has been opened in capital of Uzbekistan 

on 9th May and since then Day of memory and honor on May, 9th is 

celebrated. This holiday in independent Uzbekistan is celebrated in honour of 

memory of our compatriots which during centuries heroically, self-denyingly 

protected our native territory, its freedom and independence, a peace life of 

our people. 

 

Concept "Day of Memory and honors" has very deep sense. This famous day 

a duty is to recollect and glorify those people who took part in fights against 

fascism, showed heroism and sacrificed a life in the name of protection of the 

Native land, and also such national heroes as Tumaris, Shiroq, Spitamen, 

Jaloliddin Maguberdi, Najmiddin Kubro, Namoz-batir which have sacrificed 

the life in the name of freedom of which during centuries people dreamed, to 

recollect such self-denying representatives of our nation as Kadiri, Behbudi, 

Munavar-kori, Chulpon, Avloniy, Fitrat, Usman Nosir. 

 

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People esteems that who has taken place through many tests and difficulties in 

a life, has not regretted the life in the name of the Native land, and senior 

generation, which and today among us. 

RAMAZAN-KHAIT 

Ramadan (Arabic: ناضمرRamaḍān, Arabic pronunciation: [rɑmɑd

̪ˤɑːn]) (also 

written Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, Ramdan, Ramadaan) is the ninth 

month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which