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NATIONAL HOLIDAYS IN AZERBAIJAN
There are a number of national holidays in Azerbaijan. They are eleven now. Some of them are old but others are new.
The most favorite and oldest one is Novruz Bayrami (the Holiday of Novruz). It has an ancient history and is usually celebrated on the 21<sup>st</sup> of March every year.
We start to meet Novruz bayrami amonth before; housewives clean and tidy their houses, cook different pastries- pakhlava, fasali, shakarbura and many others, dye eggs red, lue, yellow, green, brown.
Children set bonfire in the evening of every Tuesday during a month, gathering round them and singing holiday songs and jumping over the bonfires.
On the day of Novruz Azerbaijani peoples are glad and happy. They visit their relatives and friends, give them different presents. People who are on bad terms reconcile with each other on the day of Novruz bayrami.
The day of Novruz Bayrami was declared a national holiday by the Azerbaijani Government. We don`t go to work and pupils have no lessons on that day.
Another great and old holiday in Azerbaijan is Gurban Bayrami (the Moslem Festival of Sacrifices). It is a religious holiday and has not a fixed date of celebration. It is always celebrated seventy days after Oruglug (fasting). The main feature of Gurban Bayrami is killing of an animal, mostly a sheep as a sacrifice. Every Moslem family must have meat dish on that day.
The 28<sup>th</sup> of may is anew and great holiday for us. It is the day of establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
The 17<sup>th</sup> of November is the Rebirth Day of Azerbaijan.
The 31<sup>st</sup> of December is the Solidarity Day of all the Azerbaijanis in the world. All these dates were declared national holidays in Azerbaijan officially by our government.
19 de jul. de 2009 10:40
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