Today is the third day people in Kazakhstan celebrate New Year called Nauriz, the greatest Kazakh holiday throughout the year. It's nice not to go to work on Monday!
Nauriz is also celebrated in Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, the Caucasus and Turkey on the spring equinox on 21-23 of March.Since Nauriz’s central theme is renewal and joy hence is the tradition on the eve of Nauriz to thoroughly clean you house, return all your debts, forgive all offences and resentments and to make peace with all with whom you were at odds.
Particularly in Kazakhstan they cook a special dish -- Nauriz Kozje (yogurt soup) -- prepared from 7 ingridients , that symbolize 7 elements of life:water, meat, salt, fat/oil, flour, cereals and milk. We tried it for the first time and it was ok, R was not exited so I ate the whole bowl.
Festivities on the main square, +20 degrees
Traditional sweets are very popular. Easy to put on some extra kilos after three days... 
It was hard to find a parking place, but the police was implacable
Kazakh national carpets made from felt (войлок)
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Zdorovo vigljadish! Zhivotik uzhe ogo-go! :)Ne po dnjam a po chasam! Ochenä krasivaja broshka! Kramar!
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