Nauryz is one of the oldest holidays on Earth. This holiday of spring and the renewed life of the Earth has been celebrated for over five thousand years by many cultures of the Middle and Central Asia and, according to some sources, by eastern Slavs as well.

Historical records referring to this holiday can be found in ancient and middle age documents. In the oriental chronology, it corresponds to Navruz, the Iranian New Year. Kazakhs, Uzbeks and Uighurs passed the Nauryz traditions from generation to generation. The Tajiks called it Gulgardon or Gulnavruz, the Tatars refer to it as Nardugan and the Ancient Greeks knew it as Patrich. The roots of this holiday can be traced to old pagan rituals. The celebration was meant to reflect people"s love to nature. People have preserved the rituals, and today the holiday has acquired new spiritual and ethical meaning.

This holiday has been celebrated on 22 March, the day of the spring equinox. That"s why the Kazakhs call the month of March Nauryz. It was celebrated as the day of the renewed life which comes with the spring. It was the day when the first spring thunder strikes, buds are swelling on the trees and vegetation grows wildly. Nauryz as a non-religious celebration of the spring and renewal is closely linked to some other Kazakh holidays, such as a "farewell to winter" festival. Boys born on this day would be called Nauryzbai or Nauryzbek, and girls Nauryz or Nauryzgul. It was seen as a good omen if it was snowing on that day.

The March snow is usually soft and particularly white. Beautiful girls were often compared to the white snow of Nauzys. In the past, the Kazakh called Nauryz the Day of the People or the Great Day of the People. People believed, the more generous the celebration of Nauryz was the happier the year would be. Therefore, there are so many rituals and festivities related to this holiday. On the eve of the holiday, people would clean their homes, pay back their debts and reconciled with their opponents because, as the old people used to say, if Nauryz entered the house, all diseases and failures would pass it by. On the night before the festival, all vessels in the house would be filled with milk, airan (plain yogurt), grain, and spring water because it meant that people would have a lot of milk, good yield and plenty of rain during the coming year.

During the day, everybody tried to be in good spirits, would give a big hug to each other and wish good fortune and happiness to others. The celebrations would begin with sunrise. There is an old ritual "If you see a spring, clean up its source". At dawn, all adults, youngsters and children would pick up spades, go to an agreed place near a spring or aryk (small water canal) and clean it. There, they would also plant trees under the supervision of respectable old people. During the process, they had to say: "Let a man leave a tree rather than a herd in the people"s memory" and "If you cut one tree, you will have to plant ten!"

Nauryz is one of the oldest holidays on Earth. This holiday of spring and the renewed life of the Earth has been celebrated for over five thousand years by many cultures of the Middle and Central Asia and, according to some sources, by eastern Slavs as well.

Historical records referring to this holiday can be found in ancient and middle age documents. In the oriental chronology, it corresponds to Navruz, the Iranian New Year. Kazakhs, Uzbeks and Uighurs passed the Nauryz traditions from generation to generation. The Tajiks called it Gulgardon or Gulnavruz, the Tatars refer to it as Nardugan and the Ancient Greeks knew it as Patrich. The roots of this holiday can be traced to old pagan rituals. The celebration was meant to reflect people"s love to nature. People have preserved the rituals, and today the holiday has acquired new spiritual and ethical meaning.

This holiday has been celebrated on 22 March, the day of the spring equinox. That"s why the Kazakhs call the month of March Nauryz . It was celebrated as the day of the renewed life which comes with the spring. It was the day when the first spring thunder strikes, buds are swelling on the trees and vegetation grows wildly. Nauryz as a non-religious celebration of the spring and renewal is closely linked to some other Kazakh holidays, such as a "farewell to winter" festival. Boys born on this day would be called Nauryz bai or Nauryz bek, and girls Nauryz or Nauryz gul. It was seen as a good omen if it was snowing on that day.

The March snow is usually soft and particularly white. Beautiful girls were often compared to the white snow of Nauzys. In the past, the Kazakh called Nauryz the Day of the People or the Great Day of the People. People believed, the more generous the celebration of Nauryz was the happier the year would be. Therefore, there are so many rituals and festivities related to this holiday. On the eve of the holiday, people would clean their homes, pay back their debts and reconciled with their opponents because, as the old people used to say, if Nauryz entered the house, all diseases and failures would pass it by. On the night before the festival, all vessels in the house would be filled with milk, airan (plain yogurt), grain, and spring water because it meant that people would have a lot of milk, good yield and plenty of rain during the coming year.

During the day, everybody tried to be in good spirits, would give a big hug to each other and wish good fortune and happiness to others. The celebrations would begin with sunrise. There is an old ritual "If you see a spring, clean up its source". At dawn, all adults, youngsters and children would pick up spades, go to an agreed place near a spring or aryk (small water canal) and clean it. There, they would also plant trees under the supervision of respectable old people. During the process, they had to say: "Let a man leave a tree rather than a herd in the people"s memory" and "If you cut one tree, you will have to plant ten!"

Nauryz is the holiday of spring

12.03.2015

9Б класс, 2 урока.

Учитель: Хрестяновская Е.Н.

Класс предварительно условно разделён на три тематические группы:

1. Обычаи и традиции праздника
2. Одежда
3. Блюда

Дома каждая группа готовила презентацию по своей теме, которую они представят в рамках урока.

Все предложенные задания выполняются в группах или представителями групп.

ХОД УРОКА

1. Постановка целей и задач урока.

На доске слова: a big meal, a beautiful dress, invite friends, play music, dance, an enormous birthday cake.

The topic to discuss is CELEBRATION.

1. Подготовка к основному этапу занятия. Введение в тему:

TEACHER:

TASK1: Listen to the text and decide what holiday we are going to speak about today. (Nauryz)

There is a legend in Central Asia that every year during the night between the 21st and 22nd of March (the spring equinox ), the wise elder Kadyr-Ata walks across the Earth. Kadyr-Ata brings people happiness and wealth, and he also possesses special magical powers. At three o.clock in the morning, Kadyr-Ata opens the door to the sky and lets Spring come to the world. At this time, he breathes life into the earth; he renews the earth from its death-like winter state, and brings it back to spring.

For the Kazakh nomads, the arrival of spring was a time for great celebration. Life was hard for nomads on the Kazakh steppes, and Nauryz marked the end of the difficult winter season and the beginning of spring renewal. With spring came the beginning of a new year’s cycle of life, the time of year when the nomads happily said goodbye to harsh winter weather, welcomed warm weather, and rejoiced in the birthing season of their valuable livestock upon which they depended for food and their very livelihoods.

TASK2: Read the text and match the definitions with the underlined words :

1. Cruel, severe;
2. Show signs of great happiness;
3. Member of a tribe that travels about;
4. Animals kept for use or profit;
5. Time of the year when day and night are of equal length;
6. Being useful or desirable;
7. Need, rely on in order to exist;
8. Means of living;
9. Having or showing experience, knowledge, good judgement;
10. Make new;

1. Усвоение новых знаний

TASK3:

На доске цифры: 3, 7, 21, 1988, 2009,6, 1926

How do the numerals refer to Nauryz?

• Nauryz was cancelled in 1926 . It was first recreated in Kazakhstan only in 1988 and was extremely popular.
• In 1988 - 3 days of Nauryz holiday, starting 21th of March, were officially announced bank holidays in Kazakhstan.
• September 30, 2009 – Nauryz was included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO; since then, 21 of March is announced International Day of Nowruz (Nauryz).
• The Kazakhs attached special importance to the number of seven during the Nauryz celebrations because it symbolized the seven days of the week, which was considered to be a time unit of the universal eternity. Seven bowls with the Nauryz-kozhe drink (made from seven sorts of seven types of herbs) would be put in front of the aksakals (respectable old people). The meals were composed of seven components, usually meat, salt, fat, onions, wheat, kurt (a type of cheese) and irimshik (a kind of cottage cheese).
• 6 stands for the number of letters in the word NAURYZ

TEACHER: What associations come to your mind when you hear Nauryz?

Possible answers: traditions, costumes, dishes. Make a cluster on the board.

GROUP1: TRADITIONS (Выступление Группы)

1. Первичная проверка понимания

TASK4: Fill in the gaps

Nauryz is a very important 1____ for Kazakhs, which marks the 2_______of a new year. It is 3______ several days starting from 21st of March, the day of the 4_____ equinox.

Nauryz means ‘5____ day’, it is celebrated in the Great Steppes from 6_____ times.

During the Nauryz holiday7______ nomad houses feltyurts -are erected in city centres and rich dastarkhan (table) is laid down in each of them. You can find people wearing beautiful national 8____ ,9 ____ to Kazakh songs and play of musical 10_____.

Nauryz is a very important 1 holiday for Kazakhs, which marks the 2 beginning of a new year. It is 3 celebrated several days starting from 21st of March, the day of the 4 spring equinox.

Nauryz means ‘5 new day’, it is celebrated in the Great Steppes from 6 ancient times.

During the Nauryz holiday 7 traditional nomad houses feltyurts -are erected in city centres and rich dastarkhan (table) is laid down in each of them. You can find people wearing beautiful national 8 clothes , 9 listen to Kazakh songs and play of musical 10 instruments .

GROUP2: COSTUMES (Выступление Группы)

TASK5: Match the names of pieces of clothes with the description.

ТЕМА: «Spring Holidays: St. Patrick"s Day and Nauryz».
Тип урока: урок усвоения новых знаний с использованием элементов технологии развития критического мышления.
Класс: 10
Учитель:Чернецкая Диана Болеславовна
ЦЕЛЬ:
формирование целостного представления о культуре, традициях разных народов мира на примере празднования Дня святого Патрика в Ирландии и Наурыза в Казахстане.
ЗАДАЧИ:
РАЗВИВАЮЩИЕ: развить навыки монологической
и диалогической речи, чтения, письма.
ОБУЧАЮЩИЕ: дать новую информацию о традиционном празднике Ирландии, научить сравнивать празднования Дня святого Патрика в Ирландии и Наурыза в Казахстане, тренировать лексику по теме в разнообразных упражнениях;
ВОСПИТАТЕЛЬНЫЕ:
воспитание у учащихся интереса и уважения к культуре и традициям страны изучаемого языка и родной страны; развивать положительную мотивацию к дальнейшему изучению английского языка;
Формы: фронтальная, индивидуальная, групповая
развитие навыков общения в группе, толерантного понимания других людей.
ОБОРУДОВАНИЕ УРОКА: компьютерная презентация к уроку, проектор, дидактический материал о Дне святого Патрика и Наурызе, музыка в казахском ирландском стиле, ватманы, фломастеры, стикеры.

I 1.Приветствие:
T Good morning, students! Good morning, our dear guests! I’m glad to greet you at our lesson. Different countries have different cultures, traditions, customs and holidays. There are many holidays in our country and English-speaking countries. But there are holidays which people like best of all. Do you like holidays? What are your favourite holidays?
II I want you to look at the blackboard. 1. St. Patrick’s Day, Year’s Day, Christmas, Victory Day, Independence Day, St.Stephan’s Day, Nauryz, Constitution Day. Will you read these words and answer the question: What are we going to speak about today?
P: I think we’re going to speak about holidays.
1. T: Right you are. Now, I’d like you to march the names of the holidays and the dates of their celebrations.

St. Patrick’s Day December, 16
New Year’s Day December, 25/ January, 7
Christmas January, 1
Victory Day May, 9
Independence Day March, 17
St.Stephan’s Day December, 26
Nauryz August, 30
Constitution Day March, 30

Brainstorming 2. Т: You have guessed that we speak about “Holidays”.
Let’s choose the Kazakh and the Irish ones.

Tell me, please, what spring holidays in Kazakhstan and Ireland do you know?
What holidays are celebrated in March in our country and Ireland?

P: Nauryz and "St. Patrick"s Day"
T Well, today The theme of our lesson is Spring Holidays: St. Patrick"s Day and Nauryz.

3. Тeacher: Our next task is SCRAMBLED WORDS. The words you see are written in the wrong order. Write the words correctly. You have 3 minutes to do this task.
Word list
nsskae – ____________ khrcsmao – ____________
hmrca – ____________ energ – ____________
lodg – ____________ trcpaik – ____________
nhcrlpeeua – ___________ dnaleri – ____________

Key: Snakes; March; Gold; Ireland; Shamrock; Green; Patrick; Leprechaun
Word list
Psingr________ hmrca – ____________
Azaknaktsh ________ secar -_________
Esevn -__________ lihoayd -________
Ruyt- __________ zyruanzheok - __________

Key: Spring, Kazakhstan, march, holiday, nauryz-kozhe, yurt, seven, races
Check up your answers according to the key.

III 4. Do you want to learn more about «St. Patrick"s Day" and Nauryz day?

In these envelopes you’ll find texts about different holidays, but they are mixed. I’d like the I group to choose and gather text devoted to "St. Patrick"s Day", and the II group to Nauryz.
Saint Patrick’s Day
Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year on March 17th. In Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day is both a holy day and a national holiday. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland as he was the one who brought Christianity to the Irish.
According to legend, Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain about God. The shamrock, which looks like clover, has three leaves on each stem. Saint Patrick told the people that the shamrock was like the idea of the Trinity – that in the one God there are three divine beings: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. There is a lot of green in Ireland, so green is Ireland’s national color. People often wear green clothes on St. Patrick’s Day. There are many stories about St. Patrick. One story says there are no snakes in Ireland because St. Patrick sent them away. St. Patrick died on March 17 in the year 461.
Nowadays Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated with parades with the procession of brass bands, eccentric suits, folk dancers and laughing persons by hundreds of millions of people. On this day, the whole world - from Dublin to Sidney and from New York to Moscow and Saint Petersburg - becomes Irish.
Nauryz
The most important Kazakh holiday of the year is Nauryz.
“ Nauryz” is a Persian word which means ‘the new day’. Nauryz, which begins March 22, was always the main holiday for peoples of East. Nauryz is celebrated in Albania, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
Nauryz is the day when nature enlivens, day and night become equal in duration. Nauryz is the holiday of spring, for Kazakhs the beginning of the year. ‘Ulystyn uly kuni’. ‘Ulys kuni’ is the people’s great day.
In modern Kazakhstan, Nauryz is truly a social event. People gather together at their main city
squares, where holiday organizers erect yurts, stages, and trading tents where crafts and goods
are sold. Nauryz symbolized the birth of a new year’s cycle of life.
There is a traditional belief that people will spend their new year in a manner similar to the way
they celebrated Nauryz. Indeed, the Nauryz table has important symbolism: the more food you have on your table, the better and more sufficient your life may be in the coming year. According to tradition, the number seven has a magical meaning and it is good to have seven dishes on your table. There is a special Nauryz meal called Nauryz-Kozhe.
Remember, Nauryz is about welcoming spring, so even just getting outside to commemorate the change of seasons is a way to welcome the holiday.
Above all, Nauryz is a family holiday. It ís about spending time together with family and friends,
taking the time to connect with those who are important to you.
5 Make up a cluster about Saint Patrick’s Day and Nauryz, using information from the texts.

6. Your task is to put words in the correct order to make sentences and
then you’ll read them to all of us.
When he was sixteen, he was captured by Irish pirates.
The pirates sold him as a slave.
Patrick worked in Ireland for forty years.

Begin your work, you have 2 minutes!
Let’s see what you’ve got!
7. T: You must read a text about about Nauryz day. Look through it and decide if the statements are true or false.
1. Nauryz was always the main holiday for peoples of West. F
2. “ Nauryz” is a Persian word which means ‘the new day’. T
3. According to tradition, the number seventy has a magical meaning. F
4. There is a special Nauryz meal called Nauryz-Kozhe. T
5. Nauryz is the holiday of winter, for Kazakhs the beginning of the year. F
6. Nauryz symbolized the birth of an old year’s cycle of life. F

8. Thick and thin questions.
Teacher: Let’s see how well you know Patrick and nauryz symbols, history and traditions. Your task is to make up four questions to the text. After it each group will ask another one. You are to answer all the questions.

1 Why do People wear green clothes on St. Patrick’s Day?
We think that green is Ireland’s national color.
2What are the symbols of St. Patrick’s Day? Shamrock, leprechaun, Snake, green colour
3When do people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? On March 17
4What did Saint Patrick use to explain about God? Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain about God.

1 Which countries is Nauryz celebrated? Albania, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, аярейнKyrgyzstan,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
2 What kind of holiday is Nauryz? It is a national holiday
3 What do people do on Nauryz ? They congratulate each other, sing songs, play the dombyra and games, take part in various competitions and going to visit relatives and friends.
4 Explain why do people begin to celebrate Nauryz? We think that for Kazakhs, this day is a symbol of the coming of spring, warmth, love and fertility.

9. T Your home task was to find some legends about St. Patrick’s Day and Nauryz . I’m pleased to know about it. What legends did you find about St. Patrick’s Day and Nauryz coming from?

There are lots of legends about Nauryz. They say that Kerem who is God of the other world and the king of the country of death kidnapped beautiful Nargiz to his underground kingdom. But he promised to let her to meet her mother every spring. So, when she makes her way towards the mother the earth that warmed by her breath, returns to life.

There are lots of legends about this holiday
Some legends tell that he healed dead people too. One story tells that he made snow burn. Another story tells that St. Patrick chased all the snakes out of Ireland by beating on his drum. There are no snakes in Ireland today. According to legend, Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain about God.
Saint Patrick told the people that the shamrock was like the idea of the Trinity. So green is Ireland’s national color and People often wear green clothes on St. Patrick’s Day.
But St. Patrick"s Day has heathen motives. One of the principle characters of the holiday are leprechauns/ They are magic gnomes, who possesses the pot full of gold. If it is possible for lucky searcher to catch one of the leprechauns, this creature must tell the person where is hidden treasure/

10. Let’s make up Venn’s diagram. Our task is to compare 2 holidays and find their similarities and differences
St. Patrick’s Day Nauryz
differences similarities differences
Ireland Kazakhstan
Symbols: symbols:
Number seven, the sun and tulips
Shamrock,
leprechaun,
Snake, green colour national holiday
Date: March, 17 the holiday of spring March, 22
traditional food legends traditional food
the main holiday 3 days the main holiday for people of East
for people of Europe month

11 Please, make up cinquains with the words: Celebration or holiday
Celebration
Cool, funny
Sing, celebrate, dance
It’s fantastic
Party

Holiday
merry, great
play, move, run
we’re having a great time
Nauryz

IV. Our lesson is coming to the end. So, let"s discuss our lesson! I hope you have learned today a lot interesting information about St. Patrick"s Day and Nauryz Day.
Please, tell me your opinions about our lesson.
Do you like our lesson? What information was new for you? What task was the most difficult, the most interesting? Please write about it on your stickers and stick them on the blackboard.

V Your home task is to make a crossword about St. Patrick"s Day and to make the test about Nauryz Day
Thank you very much for your attention and work!
Happy St. Patrick"s Day and Nauryz Day! Good bye!

Аюпова Жадыра. Школа №33, Родина, Целиноградский район, Акмолинская область, Республика Казахстан
Сочинение на английском языке с переводом. Номинация Люди и общество.

Nauryz - feast of peace and good

Most of the territory of Kazakhstan is steppes. In spite of the fact that steppe seems deserted it is full of life. Steppe can be different: dusty and droughty, snow-clad and frozen congeal. But it is especially beautiful in spring being covered with fresh green grass and tulips and the air is full of sweet smell.

The symbol of the steppe is the smell of wormwood. The legend of Polovtsians who are far ancestors of the Kazakh people says that the very smell of this dry grass tuft was used by Кhan Syrchan in order to tempt his brother convincing him come back home, to his native steppes. Steppe is the personification of my homeland, my Kazakhstan.

There are many sayings of famous people about native land and fatherland. Most of all I like the sayings of V.Pekelis and W.Heins.

“The image of Motherland is always concrete. It cannot be indistinct, common. You like native country where you were born and grew up. For one person it is the burning sun over the head, for the other it is cold flashes of Aurora Borealis. One person likes silence of the village noon, the other likes dissonance of the city street.”(V.Pekelis)

“True love to your people, to your Motherland is impossible without love and honour of the other countries and people. Patriotism is contained in this - not opposing you to the whole world but respect and deep understanding your people, the feeling of responsibility for the fate of your country, which helps to see true value of any other culture.” (W.Heins)

Vast and rich is the Kazakh land. It is created by a liberal hand of nature, its broad gesture and on a dizzy grand scale. High mountains reach the sky with their tops; boundless steppes amaze with the abundance of the ripening cornfields, with colours of flowers; woods give coolness in the summer heat and the rivers and lakes provide life-giving water to all living-beings of this beneficial land. The history of my republic is rich in chronicles and roots back thousands of years. Unique and original are traditions and culture of Kazakh people. One of the great feasts of the Kazakhs is Nauryz. Nauryz in Persian means "New Day". This great, joyous spring festival which came to us from ancient times is celebrated in all the continents of the earth. March 22 is the vernal equinox. According to the Eastern tradition this day is the time when the noontide spirit returns from the underworld and carries light to the blind, healing to the infirm, and the peace to the belligerent.

Nauryz! I peer into the sky ... It is so clear and blue! Today is a special day that brings us special feelings, gives us the beauty of the earth. I want to dissolve in our endless Kazakh steppes! On this day all people become dreamers, and everyone wants to become a magician to do good.

The streets and the main square of our village are filled with the eavesdrop ringing, birds singing, the music of nature itself. This beautiful music of spring will sound in the people’s hearts forever. My little homeland is the village of Rodina.

Motherland… This word contains such concepts as happiness, luck, wisdom, health, generosity, wealth, prosperity, kindness... This way you can go on forever!

This year Nauryz was celebrated very colorfully and sincerely in our village. In order to share the joy of the spring arrival, both the old and the young got together on the square. The culinary exhibition represented the national dishes of different peoples living in our village. Celebration inthe square was followed by sport competitions, performances of folk talents. Colorful fair attracted people. All people had fun, gave each other gifts and wished all sorts of good. On this great day everything was like in a fairy tale full of wonders. On the faces of people there were happy smiles, from their lips sounded warm and truly heartfelt and touching to tears words full of tenderness. I would like this day not end and last for an eternity! I’ll keep it in my memory and my heart.

This holiday was celebrated by the great and united multi-ethnic family under the hospitable shanyrak of Kazakhstan. Over all of us is the peaceful sky where an eagle - the symbol of freedom soars.

This unity allows us say proudly that we are one of those states where "the main priority is stability and international consent." (Nursultan Nazarbayev)

It is great that any holiday in our country has many faces and is multilingual. And what is the most important that all peoples are united by the great sense of gratitude and love to the Motherland.

Our main goal is to continue building independent Kazakhstan supporting the policy of our President.

The best wishes to my native land I want to express by the words of the song:

I wish you light and joy, peace and prosperity too,
Sincere devoted friends, sunny days in your fate!
I wish you, my land, I wish you, my land,
Of course, clear sky and also good luck to you!

Большую часть территории Казахстана занимают степи. Несмотря на то, что степь кажется пустынной, она полна жизни. Степь может быть разной: пыльной и засушливой, заснеженной и оледенелой. Но она особенно прекрасна весной, когда покрыта свежей зеленой травой и тюльпанами, а воздух наполнен благоуханием.

Символ степи - запах емшана - полыни. Легенда половцев, далеких предков казахов, гласит, что именно запах пучка этой сухойтравы хан Сырчан использовал для искушения своего брата, убеждая его вернуться домой, в родные степи.

Существует множество высказываний знаменитых людей о родной земле, об отчизне. Больше всего мне нравятся высказывания ВПекелиса и У.Хейнса.

«Образ Родины всегда конкретен. Он не может быть расплывчатым, общим. Любят родной край, где родился и вырос. У одного это палящее солнце над головой, у другого - холодные вспышки северного сияния. У одного это тишина деревенского полдня, у другого - разноголосица городской улицы». (В.Пекелис)

«Истинная любовь к своему народу, своей Родине невозможна без любви и уважения к другим странам и народам. В этом и заключается патриотизм - не противопоставление себя всему миру, но уважение и глубокое понимание своего народа, чувство ответственности за судьбу своей страны, помогающее видеть истинную ценность любой другой культуры». (У.Хейнс)

Обширна и богата казахская земля. Она сотворена щедрой рукой природы, ее широким жестом и головокружительным размахом. Высокие горы упираются своими вершинами в небеса, бескрайние степи поражают обилием зреющих нив, красками цветов, леса дарят прохладу в летний зной, а реки и озера дают живительную влагу всему живущему на этой благодатной земле. История моей республики богата летописями и уходит корнями в глубь тысячелетий. Уникальными и самобытными являются традиции и культура казахского народа.

Одним из великих праздников у казахов считается Наурыз. Наурыз в переводе с персидского языка означает «Новый день». Этот великий, радостный весенний праздник, пришедший к нам с древнейших времен, празднуется на всех континентах земного шара.

22 марта - день весеннего равноденствия. По восточному преданию, в этот день происходит возвращение из-под земли полуденного духа, несущего свет - слепым, исцеление - немощным, мир - воюющим.

Наурыз! Я всматриваюсь в небо… Оно такое чистое и голубое! Сегодня особенный день, который несет нам особые чувства, дарит красоту земли. Мне хочется раствориться в наших бесконечных казахстанских степях! В этот день все становятся мечтателями, и каждый хочет стать волшебником, чтобы творить добро.

Улицы и главная площадь нашего аула заполнены звоном капели, пением птиц - музыкой самой природы. Эта прекрасная музыка весны навсегда останется в сердцах людей. Моя малая родина - аул Родина. В этом слове заложены такие понятия, как счастье, удача, мудрость, здоровье, щедрость, богатство, благополучие, доброта…Так можно продолжать бесконечно! В этом году Наурыз в нашем ауле отмечался очень красочно и задушевно. На площади, чтобы разделить радость прихода весны, собрались и стар, и млад. На кулинарной выставке были представлены национальные блюда разных народов, живущих в нашем ауле. Праздник на площади сопровождался спортивными состязаниями, показом народных талантов.Красочная ярмарка влекла к себе людей. Все веселились, дарили друг другу подарки и желали всевозможных благ. В этот великий день все было как в волшебной сказке, полной чудес. На лицах людей - счастливые улыбки, из уст звучали теплые, воистину сердечные и до слез трогательные слова,полные нежности. Я хотела, чтобы этот день не кончался и длился целую вечность! Он навсегда останется в моей памяти и моем сердце.

Этот праздник под гостеприимным шаныраком Казахстана отмечала большая и дружная многонациональная семья. Над всеми нами мирное небо, в котором парит орел - символ свободы. Это единение позволяет с гордостью заявить о том, что мы из тех государств, где «главным приоритетом является стабильность и международное согласие». (Н.А.Назарбаев) Здорово, что любой праздник в нашей стране многолик и многоязычен. А самое главное, что все народы объединены великим чувством благодарности и любви к Родине.

Наша главная цель - поддерживая политку нашего Президента, продолжать строить независимый Казахстан.

Пожелание своей родной земле я хочу выразить словами песни:

Света тебе и радости, мира и благоденствия,
Верных друзей хороших, солнечных дней в судьбе!
Желаю тебе, земля моя, желаю тебе, земля моя,
Высокого неба ясного и счастья желаю тебе!