Kazakhstan marks Nauryz holiday

ASTANA. March 22. KAZINFORM Today all settlements of Kazakhstan carry out festive events dedicated to the spring holiday Nauryz meiramy.

President Nursultan Nazarbayev is expected to congratulate the Kazakhstani people on the holiday on the square near Kazakh Eli monument in Astana.

Peoples of the Middle East, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan and China mark Nauryz holiday.

Muslims in the Balkans, in particular, in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Russia, celebrate Nauryz holiday as well.