Uzbeks celebrating Persian New Year

Nowruz (also spelled Navruz and Noruz), literally meaning new day, marks the beginning of spring across a vast geographical area and is celebrated as the first day of the New Year in several countries annually on March 21st, the spring equinox when daylight and darkness are of equal length.

In the Achaemenian era, people and officials commemorated Nowruz in the form of an annual tradition everywhere – at home and in Persepolis. Persepolis - "City of Persians" - was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, where Nowruz was celebrated in ancient times.