On March 31, the Navruz Republican holiday of the vernal equinox will be celebrated in Ufa. The holiday will begin from 12.00 on the square of the Agropark "EurAsia" (Ufa, Druzhby Narodov Avenue, 21).

For the first time in the framework of the holiday of the spring equinox, a plov championship is expected. The holiday traditionally will be attended by ethnic groups from the national cultural centers of the republic: Bashkirs, Tatars, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Azeris, Dagestanis and others. They will establish a national yurt court. Guests of the holiday will be treated with pilaf from large cauldrons, dishes of national cuisine, pastries.

A concert consisting of national songs and dances from different nations will be presented on a specially set stage. The concert will be attended by musicians from Uzbekistan who will play karnay and sornay on wind folk instruments, foreign students. All national-cultural associations of ethnic groups living in Bashkortostan are preparing their program.

The event was organized by the Ministry of Culture of Bashkortostan, the administration of Ufa, the Assembly of the Peoples of the Republic, the House of Friendship of the Peoples of Belarus and the republican national-cultural public associations.

Navruz is an annual holiday of peoples with Turkic, Persian and Turkish roots on the day of the vernal equinox. According to ancient beliefs, it was believed that from that day nature begins to wake up with all its colors and picturesque landscapes. Today Navruz is a holiday of good with peace, mercy and generosity.