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Nooruz in Kyrgyzstan
Spring in the mountains: ala kiyiz felt, ak-kiyiz yurts, kok boru horse games and a shared seven-grain porridge.
When is Nooruz in Kyrgyzstan in 2027?
Nooruz in Kyrgyzstan 2027 is on Sunday, 21 March 2027. Other years: 2026, Saturday, 21 March 2026; 2028, Tuesday, 21 March 2028.
About Nooruz in Kyrgyzstan
Nooruz is the Kyrgyz celebration of spring, kept on 21 March, with roots in the pre-Islamic belief in renewal. Families prepare a traditional dish of seven ingredients, called kok chai or kok-chorp, and the wheat-based drink maksym, and share them with neighbours. Fresh yurts are put up in town squares, with embroidered felt carpets, shyrdak and ala-kiyiz, and visitors are served kumys, fermented mare's milk, and other dishes. Horse games take place in the festival field, including kok boru, a team game in which riders try to carry a goat carcass to a goal, and ordo, and the wrestling of kurosh. In the evening there are concerts of folk instruments, such as the komuz, and dancing.
Nooruz in Kyrgyzstan dates: 2026, 2027, 2028
| Year | Nooruz in Kyrgyzstan date |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday, 21 March 2026 |
| 2027 | Sunday, 21 March 2027 |
| 2028 | Tuesday, 21 March 2028 |
What is eaten
- kumys
- maksym
- boorsok
- beshbarmak
Traditions of Nooruz in Kyrgyzstan
Also part of it, and being written: Kok-boru (The horseback goat-carcass game.), Komuz (The three-stringed instrument.).
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.
- Shyrdak: Firespeaker, CC BY-SA 3.0, source