Nauryz- the holiday of spring and friendship.

Nauryz- the holiday of spring and friendship.

Nauryz - a very ancient holiday. Nevertheless, many countries around the world celebrate the traditional holiday, but we can not say for sure, from what time the holiday is celebrated. In accordance with the concept of nomads oldest astronomical year is divided into six months of summer and six winter months. World expands during the summer months come to an end all the work, it's time to be happy, holiday, winter and cold, hunger, so that about the winter "negative" thoughts. Previous completion of the knowledge of good and evil, people have kept a lot of interesting information about ancient records. Five days are included in the category of "the end of the year." The revival of good and evil, the struggle for life, all of this corresponds to the said period. Kazakhs do not call the guests, do not move, do not arrange any holiday celebration, until the conduct of the five days. Elders tried to prevent these five days, even the dog did not bark.
    These are the kinds of winter and summer have forced scientists to come to such a solution: a holiday Nauryz came thanks to good and evil, summer and winter, heat and cold, and charity and cruelty .

On March 22, heavenly bodies to their starting points, the sun of day and night, animals that come into contact with the mouth of the white people calving ground joy to dwell on the past. It was believed that on this day is updated in nature, the first spring thunder roars, there is swelling of the kidneys on trees, lush green sprouts. It should be noted that Nauryz as a non-religious holiday of spring and renewal has common roots and parallels with the wires of winter and many other important moments in the lives of all people of Kazakhstan. If it snowed, it was considered a good sign in that day. Kazakh residents this day "Ulystyn a great day," he said. The word ‘ Nauryz’ with Persian means a new day. The people has become a tradition: the more generous holiday Nauryz will be marked, the year goes well. Hence - the abundance of holiday customs and attributes. On the eve of the vernal equinox people put in order a house, paying off debts, put up were in a quarrel because, as the old men argued when Nauryz enters their houses, all disease and failure must avoid them. The night before the celebration to mark the milk abundance of suggestions, harvest and rain all the containers filled with milk, ayran, grain, spring water, and on the day of Nauryz all tried to be in a good mood at the meeting was each other's arms, expressed best wishes, to all the hardships and troubles had passed them.

Historical information about this holiday are found in the writings of many ancient and medieval authors. In Eastern chronology, it corresponds to the Iranian New Year (Nowruz). From generation to generation passed on the tradition of the celebration of Nauryz Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Uighurs. Tajiks called it "Gulgardon" or "Gulnavruz" Tatars - "Nardugan", as the ancient Greeks it was known as "Patria" holiday roots can be found in ancient pagan rites. By itself, a form of celebration since ancient times carried the principles of love of nature. Despite the remoteness, this holiday has remained in people's memory, and now has a new spiritual and ethical sense. How about celebrating Nauryz ancient Eastern nations given to us by Abu Rayhan Biruni, Ibn Balxï, reached through the works of Omar Khayyam.

History of Nauryz holiday has a difficult fate. In addition the epoch of the totalitarian system, when all the nation were found to be insignificant, and all references to the traditional heritage listed as anachronisms and remnants of antiquity Nauryz has been canceled (1926) for the first time after many years of neglect in Kazakhstan, it was celebrated in 1988 and is Ironically, it received wide publicity. Official recognition of Nauryz Holiday acquired March 15, 1991 after the Decree of the President of the Kazakh SSR "On the national holiday of spring -"Nauryz".