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March 21· Holiday
Nauryz Meiramy
In Kazakhstan Nauryz is a state holiday on 21–23 March, with nauryz kozhe, yurts, the altybaqan swing, horseback games and folk festivities.
In Kazakhstan Nauryz Meiramy is a state holiday with days off on 21–23 March. Kazakhs call it Ulystyn Uly Kuni, the Great Day of the People; in the nomadic calendar it marks the beginning of the new year.
The festive dish is nauryz kozhe, cooked from seven ingredients — water, meat, salt, flour, rice, milk and wheat. White yurts and altybaqan swings go up in city squares, kokpar, horse races and wrestling are held, and elders bless the young.
The holiday
Astana and Almaty host big festive concerts and Nauryz fairs, and people greet each other with "Ulys on bolsyn!" — "May it be good for the people!"
Video
Photos
A festival in Pavlodar · Graphique38 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
The Kazakh national swing, altybaqan · OlegShalun / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Kazakh traditional costumes · Stomac / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 
A Kazakh yurt, symbol of hospitality · Alexandr frolov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
A Kazakh national dance group · Farida27 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Kokpar, a horseback game · McKay Johnson / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Kazakhstan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 7Orthodox Christmas
- March 1Day of Gratitude
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 15Constitution Day
- May 1Unity Day of the People
- May 7Defender of the Fatherland Day
- May 9Victory Day
- May 31Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression and Famine
- July 6Capital Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- October 25Republic Day
- December 16Independence Day
- 10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Adha