Home Your Guide to the Persian New Year Young girls perform a traditional dance during Nowruz in Zarafshan, Uzbekistan. (Photo © Shutterstock)

Young girls perform a traditional dance during Nowruz in Zarafshan, Uzbekistan. (Photo © Shutterstock)

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Kazakh men play a nomadic horse game called kokpar – or buzkashi – in Aksu, Zhabagly, Kazkhstan. (Photo © Shutterstock)
Boys in traditional costume play a game of toguz kumala during the Persian New Year.