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Remembrance Day on the nearest Sunday to 11 November - the day peace was declared. It is a memory of service person that lost their lives in the first and Second World War.

National holidays of Uzbekistan (Milliy bayramlarimiz)

Navruz

As you noticed from the title of the text the word “Navruz” is of Persian-Tajik origin which may be translated word by word into Uzbek as “Yangi” (nav) and “kun”(ruz), into English “the new day”. That is the first day of a new year, which comes on the 21^st of Mare h every year. Navruz is a popular holiday in the history of the central Asian and new East countries. It was celebrated, as historians write, long before Islam. While celebrating Navruz people usually tidy their houses up, make decorations with different flowers and green grass. They also go to see their parents, relatives, neighbors and close friends. People visit the graves of the dead. One of the widely known traditions at Navruz is making seven dishes the names of which begin with the sound called in Persian “haftsin” (seven). So people make “somsa”, “sumalak” and so on. Navruz is also a holiday of mercy and absolution. On this day people forgive one another their old offences and visit lonely and disable people. At Navruz people greet each other “Navruzi olam muborak” (greet you with Navruz of the world).