The Navruz holiday was celebrated in St.Petersburg on March 22.
The Navruz holiday was celebrated in St.Petersburg on March 22.
Organizers: of St.Petersburg Committee for External Relations, Administration of Kalininskiy District of St. Petersburg, St.Petersburg State University “St.Petersburg House of Nationalities”, Ethnic and Cultural Autonomy of St.Petersburg Azerbaijanis, Regional Public Organization “The Union of Afghan Citizens”, St.Petersburg Cultural Center named after Rasul Gamzatov, the Kazakh Society of St.Petersburg “Ata-Meken”, Ethnic and Cultural Autonomy of St.Petersburg Kazakhs, Interregional public organization “United Kyrgyzstan”, Inter-regional public organization “Diaspora of Pamir peoples representatives ‘Pamir’”, St.Petersburg Society of Citizens of Syrian Origin, St.Petersburg Society for Friendship of Russian and Tajik Peoples “Somoniyon”, Society for Turkmen Culture in St.Petersburg “Mekan”, Saint-Petersburg Society of Uzbekistan compatriots “Umid”.
This year, Navruz in St.Petersburg has got a special scale: for the first time in our city, the Eastern New Year was jointly celebrated by the people of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
This year, Navruz in St.Petersburg acquired a special scale: for the first time in our city, the Eastern New Year was jointly celebrated by the people of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
On March 22, Stadium “Zenit” was filled with the fairs, tables offering the ethnic cuisine dishes, and playgrounds. The exhibition of children’s drawings on Novruz was deployed here, as well as photo display “Faces of Tajikistan”; the quiz was held on the knowledge of customs and cultures of the peoples involved into the traditions of Navruz celebration, and the contest on drawing on the pavement. The visitors were also able to participate in ethnic games, for example, the belt wrestling Kuresh – the game of Turk peoples that recently became a popular sport. The atmosphere of the traditional Navruz celebration was contributed by the actors. The festival was concluded by an ethnic fashion show and a gala concert, performed by creative teams from the associations for ethnic cultures of St.Petersburg.
Source: Committee for External Relations of St.Petersburg