One of the most ancient holidays celebrated in the Middle Eastern regions is the Nauryz. This old tradition, which signals the start of the Iranian New Year, is celebrated all over various countries in Central Asia including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan as well as in several areas in southern Russia.

This non-religious folk celebration signifies the renewal of nature and is believed to originate from the ancient Mesopotamian civilization. The celebration, which can last for more than a week, is commemorated with several amusements, performances, and a handful of traditional rites.

The term Nauriz is derived from the Persian word “Nowruz” which literally translates to “New Day” or “New Light.” The Nauriz season has been celebrated by the Kazakhs since pre-Islamic times. When Kazakhstan was under Soviet rule, the celebration of the Nauriz season was stopped, having been deemed as ideologically inconsistent. The festivities came back after some time however, when the Nauriz holiday was formally reinstated by the Kazakhstan government in 1988, restoring the observance of all programs and traditional rites that comes with the spring equinox. Nowadays, the Kazakhs have grown to refer to this famous holiday as the “Ulystin uly kuni”, which translates to “the great day of the nation.”

The central theme of Nauriz is depicted in numerous verses written by several Kazakh intellectuals including Alihan Bukeihanov, Abai Kunanbaev, Mirzhakip Dulatov, and Ahmet Baitursinov.

For this year, Premier Mentoring the Kazakhs joined in with the rest of the Central Asian diplomatic missions to celebrate the Nauriz festival as a group. In order to foster inter-ethnic harmony among nations, the Embassy of Kazakhstan hosted a gathering at the Westend Greens farm in order to welcome the spring equinox.

A number of representatives from different countries—including a handful from the Central Asian and the European region as well as US—went to Kazakhstan and celebrated the start of the annual Nauriz season last March.

Ubud, known as the true Bali, a spectacular rice terraces located in and around the center of Ubud. The rice terraces are the most famous Tegallalang, only 20 minutes from Ubud. It took more than 1000 years of improvements to create terraces, which are known as “sacred architecture.” This is a work of pure control. The terraces to function as an irrigation system that conserves water and soil water conservation. The water system directs the flow of water through a series of channels, canals and tunnels to reach each of the rice fields of the region.

Each domain is owned by Subak, which are responsible for managing the water system, the flow of water and hours of installation. We also organize ritual offerings to the temples of rice and make sure the area is clean and free from interference. There are many sanctuaries “land” dedicated to the rice goddess Dewi Sri Batario Balinese. In traditional agriculture or natural, farmers use natural methods to help crop growth. “Dirty Duck” are common in rice fields. Have clean fields of pests and fertilize the earth. The rice terraces are widely regarded as one of the most beautiful man-made “wonders” of the world.

The House of Setia Dharma Masks and puppets

The new museum to enter the world stage-is Setia Darma House of masks and puppets. Founded by visionary Sunyoto Hadi, who wanted to create a space to keep the art of puppetry and masks of disappearance of production, Mask of the House of Puppets show his collection in a series of beautiful and rare Javanese traditional huts called Joglo. Before 2006, (more…)

Perhaps Spain is one of the countries most visited by tourists. At the same time, route planning in Spain is very difficult. It is difficult for one reason, the country is very rich in attractions for tourists. A simple example is that more than 2,500 monuments such as churches and castles spread throughout Spain and each of these monuments has a great story.

Has a long coastline of 220 km and is dotted with many spectacular beaches. It has majestic mountains of research that has run along the coast. There are hundreds of museums and parks and countless hundreds of islands that are fully equipped to make travel more comfortable. Choose a location for a holiday in these circumstances is certainly difficult. But there are many guides to assist tourists in planning the route.

What to do?

And ‘the whole problem. If you just want to lie comfortably on a beach with the family, there are many places that remain. Of course, whenever you want to stay, there are numerous villas and hotels to make your stay comfortable. Each area is well served by roads. Most places are connected by rail and air. Another interesting fact about the visit to Spain is that most sites are historical monuments, parks and museums and, of course, fully equipped villas.
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