24/01/2025
KSUAE international students took part in the spring holiday "Navruz"
On March 22, 2025, Kazan hosted the Republican holiday "Navruz", which in Farsi means "new day", and symbolizes the arrival of spring and the beginning of the new year for the Turkic and Iranian peoples. Representatives of different cultures and nationalities living in Tatarstan gathered at one site to present their cultures, traditions and national dishes.
KSUAE International students from Turkey, Mauritania, Ecuador, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Turkmenistan, Tunisia took part in the festive events. During a bright multinational concert program, they listened to performances by creative groups demonstrating traditional songs, dances, outfits and costumes. They actively danced to national music, took part in interactive games, and also purchased souvenirs at a large-scale exhibition and fair of folk crafts and trades. The students were treated to one of the main dishes of the holiday - pilaf, prepared according to various recipes of the Turkic peoples, and the traditional drink "Sumalak" from ground sprouted wheat grains.
Some students are already familiar with the traditions of celebrating Navruz in their countries, for example, in Turkey and Turkmenistan, but all without exception were pleasantly surprised by the scale of the holiday in Tatarstan, the diversity and brightness of the cultures represented and expressed a great desire to participate in similar events in the future.
The News is submitted by International Relations Dept of the University.