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Nauryz Reborn: Kazakhstan’s Journey to Restore National Tradition

By Ayana Birbayeva  on 21 March 2026

ALMATY – This year marks 38 years since Nauryz was revived in Kazakhstan, the ancient spring festival that had been banned for more than six decades under the Soviet regime. The holiday was celebrated again for the first time in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in 1988, restoring a...