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Navruz in Uzbekistan
The Uzbek new year: women stir sumalak through the night, plov for hundreds in the street, and spring fairs.
When is Navruz in Uzbekistan in 2027?
Navruz in Uzbekistan 2027 runs from 21 to 23 March 2027. Other years: 2026, 21 to 23 March 2026; 2028, 21 to 23 March 2028.
About Navruz in Uzbekistan
Navruz, on 21 March, is the biggest public holiday of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. In the days before, women gather in groups to make sumalak, a thick sweet pudding of sprouted wheat and flour, stirred without a break in huge cauldrons overnight with songs and wishes, each person taking a turn. Plov, the rice and meat dish, is cooked in large pots in the streets for neighbours, and halim, a meat and wheat porridge, is served too. Fairs and concerts are organised in parks, and people play traditional games such as kupkari, a mounted goat-pulling game, and wrestling, kurash. Families set up a table of seven dishes with a sprig of greenery. Old people wear the doppi cap.
Navruz in Uzbekistan dates: 2026, 2027, 2028
| Year | Navruz in Uzbekistan date |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 to 23 March 2026 |
| 2027 | 21 to 23 March 2027 |
| 2028 | 21 to 23 March 2028 |
What is eaten
- sumalak
- plov
- halim
- samsa
Traditions of Navruz in Uzbekistan
Also part of it, and being written: Sumalak (The wheat-sprout pudding of Navruz.), Plov (The rice dish of festive occasions.).
Written by the EveryParampara desk with AI assistance. Background: "Nowruz" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kurash: IlshatS, CC BY-SA 4.0, source