Navruz in Uzbekistan is celebrated on March 21 as a national spring holiday marking the vernal equinox. Families clean homes, plant trees, and decorate with green sprouts. Communities prepare sumalak, a sweet wheat-germ dish cooked overnight in large cauldrons, and set tables with seasonal foods. Public festivities last several days featuring folk music, dance, traditional games, equestrian displays, and fire-jumping rituals symbolizing purification