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Xinjiang Festivals & Events

  • Nowruz Festival

    Nowruz Festival

    Ethnic group: Kazak
    Place: Nowruz City in Xinjiang
    Date:around March 22
    Activities: Nowruz Festival is regarded as the New Year of the Kazak people. On that day, people pay New Year's visits to each other and hold various activities to welcome the New Year.
     

  • Corban Festival

    Corban Festival

    Ethnic group: Hui, Uygur, Kazak, Ozbek, Tajik, Tatar, Kirgiz, Salar, Dongxiang, Bonan
    Place: Ethnic Groups Habitats in Xinjiang
    Date: Every December 10th
    Activities: Corban Festival, also called the Sacrifice Festival, is a very traditional festival that held by Muslims. It is a ceremony rather than a festival because the word “corban” means sacrifice and self-devotion in Arabic.

  • Baroti Festival

    Baroti Festival

    Ethnic group: Tajik
    Place: Tajik Minority’ Habitat
    Date: The first two days of August according to Islamic calendar
    Activities: Baroti Festival, also called the Lantern Festival, is a traditional religious festival of the Tajik People.

  • Xinjiang Grape Festival

    Xinjiang Grape Festival

    Ethnic group: Uygur

    Place: Turpan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
    Date:April 20-26 every year
    Activities: Due to the international fame of the Turpan Grape, the Xinjiang Grape Festival which is held in Turpan every year welcomes locals as well as international friends to celebrate together.

  • Saban Festival

    Saban Festival

    Ethnic Group: Tatar
    Place: Tacheng District, Yili District, Urumqi District
    Date: The last ten days of June annually
    Activities: Saban Festival, also called the Plowshare Festival, is held to celebrate the accomplishment of spring plowing and pray for an abundant harvest in the autumn.

  • Nadam Festival

    Nadam Festival

    Ethnic group: Mongol
    Place: Mongols Habitats in Xinjiang
    Date: During the July and August, summer-autumn interval
    Activities: Nadam Festival is a ten-day traditional for the Mongols as a carnival. The word “nadam” in Mongolian means “amusement and entertainment, or game”, so the goal to hold this festival just for fun.

  • Fast-Breaking Festival

    Fast-Breaking Festival

    Ethnic group: Hui, Uygur, Kazak, Ozbek, Tajik, Tatar, Kirgiz, Salar, Dongxiang, Bonan
    Place: Ethnic Groups Habitats in Xinjiang
    Date: Every September, at the end of Ramadan
    Activities: As one of the most important festivals in Islamic culture, Fast-Breaking Festival lasts three days for the ethnic groups to celebrate.

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