The origin of Nawuruzi Festival

The origin of Nawu Luzi Festival is closely related to the twelve branches of the old calendar. The twelve earthly branches are twelve years, and they are named after animals every year. According to legend, a long time ago, many animals got together and knew whether the coming year was good or bad. They were all interested in the beginning of the new year. They discussed a contest to see who would see the New Year first. The camel is the most hopeful to see it first, because it is tall and other animals have to look forward to it. At this time, the mouse sneaked into the camel's ear, so it saw the beginning of the new year before other animals. Camels have been angry all their lives. From then on, it was named after the animal that first saw it, and the mouse ranked first, followed by cattle, tigers, rabbits, snails, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. There is a Kazakh proverb: "The camel is only tall, not in the zodiac."