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Kyrgyzstan. This year, cultural and sportive<br />
activities were held in squares, parks<br />
and race courses. The most glorious event<br />
took place in the main square of Bishkek.<br />
Children and young girls wearing colorful<br />
clothes had dance shows. Famous stage<br />
actors and actresses performed a play<br />
about the spring festival. Traditional<br />
Kyrgyz dish sumelek was the most attractive<br />
dish which is cooked with 6 different<br />
ingredients and sprouted wheat, barley<br />
and corn.<br />
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING<br />
THE FESTIVAL<br />
Every year, the spring festival is celebrated<br />
in Kazakhstan with great enthusiasm.<br />
This festival is a ‘blessed’ festival for<br />
Kazakh people. This year, a great ceremony<br />
was organized in the capital city<br />
Astana with the participation of thousands<br />
of people. Saryarka Cycling Hall,<br />
with a capacity of 10 thousand people,<br />
hosted President Nursultan Nazarbayev<br />
for celebrating the festival. There were<br />
different shows and activities in the ceremony.<br />
TABLES ARE SET, DISHES ARE SERVED<br />
In Turkmenistan, the spring festival is<br />
known as the Oghuz Bairam, and that<br />
night is the Oghuz night. Throughout the<br />
day, Turkmen people watch folk dance<br />
performances and during the night, everybody<br />
sings songs. Tables are set with<br />
Turkmen pastries, petir, kulce, patties,<br />
sheksheke and Turkmen pilaf. This year,<br />
Turkmenistan enjoyed three days off as<br />
official holiday for the spring festival.<br />
Huge tents were pitched in the plateau<br />
near the Ahal province 20-25 km away<br />
from the capital city Ashgabat and a great<br />
number of people celebrated the day<br />
together in Ahal.<br />
dun dört bir tarafında kutlanan Nevruz<br />
Bayramı dolayısıyla konserler verildi, şenlik<br />
sofraları kuruldu. Türkiye’nin her şehrinde<br />
Nevruz’a dair farklı bir inanış ve söyleyiş<br />
var. Nevruz Giresun’da “mart bozumu” olarak<br />
adlandırılırken Gaziantep’te “Sultan<br />
Nevruz” deniliyor. Edirne’de Nevruz günü<br />
“mart içeri, pire dışarı” denilirken Sivas’ta<br />
ise o gün gök gürlerse ürünün bol olacağına<br />
inanılıyor.<br />
FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN DIFFERENT<br />
CITIES<br />
The spring festival was also celebrated in<br />
Turkey with great enthusiasm. Broad participation<br />
events, concerts and activities<br />
were held throughout Turkey from Iğdır<br />
to Tekirdağ. There are different beliefs<br />
and names for the festival in different cities.<br />
While Giresun calls it “March harvest”,<br />
Gaziantep says “Sultan Newroz”.<br />
Edirne sings “March in, fleas out” and<br />
Sivas believes that harvest will be plenty<br />
if there is thunder on that day.<br />
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