Nauryz is the main holiday in the year both among the Kazakhs and in many peoples of Asia, celebrated for more than five thousand years. Nauryz is a holiday of spring, renewal of nature, the beginning of a new year, a new life. The celebration of Nauryz has pagan roots, it is a feast of worship of nature. Nauryz is celebrated on March 22 on the day of the vernal equinox. On this day, the heavenly bodies: the constellations and stars after a year's cycle come to the points of their original stay and begin a new path - a circle.
Otherwise, Nauryz is called by the Kazakhs "Ulystyn smile", which means "Great Day of the People" in Russian. The name of the holiday "Nauryz" consists of two ancient Iranian words "know" (new) and "rose" (day).
Nauryz is the day of the revival of nature, awakening it from a dream. This is a very symbolic holiday and, accordingly, many traditions and customs are associated with Nauryz. Nauryz from the Kazakhs is called not only the holiday itself, but the whole month of March. Children born this month were usually called names derived from the word "Nauryz", for example, boys - Nauryzbai or Nauryzbek, and girls - Nauryz or Nauryzgul, etc.
According to the mythological ideas of the Kazakhs on the eve of the holiday of Nauryz, happiness is walking on the earth, so the night was called the night of happiness on the eve of the holiday, that is, Nauryz is the day of good, light, when flowers blossom, birds start singing, the steppe is covered with lush green grass, streams, the New Year is coming down to Earth. Nauryz is the day when good is set on earth.