Feb. 23rd 2010
UN Sixty-fourth General Assembly
The General Assembly this afternoon recognized the International Day of Nowruz, a spring festival of Persian origin, and moved back the dates of the next high-level dialogue on Financing for Development, as it continued its sixty-fourth session.
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Visit sixteen points of interest, including;
Bukhara (بُخارا)
Samarkand (سمرقند)
Buzkashi – game for Navruz (بزکشی)
Sumalak preparation (سمنو)
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Saturday March 6, 2010
Embassy of Uzbekistan – 7PM
Celebrate the Central Asian New Year at the Embassy of Uzbekistan Enjoy a traditional Uzbek dance performance and delectable Uzbek dinner.
Your evening features a dinner buffet feast of traditional Uzbek delicacies, a performance of Uzbek women’s dances by the award-winning Silk Road Dance Company, as well as a wonderful opportunity to tour the embassy’s rare collection of beautiful paintings and art pieces.
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Iran, Norouz
Tajikistan, Navruz
Azerbaijan Novruz Bayramy
Afghanistan, Nowroze
Kazakhstan, Nauryz
Kyrgyzstan, Nooruz
Uzbekistan, Navruz
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Today, ten countries celebrate Persian New Year nationally.
Nowrouz with different spelling shows up in official calendars of Iran, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Autonomous Region of Kurdistan (part of Iraq).
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