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Keimyung Univ. to host Turkish spring festival
Keimyung University in Daegu will present the Nevruz Spring Festival at its Chopin Square and Haedam Hall, Saturday.
Nevruz, also known as Nowruz, is a celebration of the arrival of spring on the March equinox, which falls on the first day of the year in the Persian calendar.
Keimyung University will declare March 21 as the Day of Central Asia to boost exchanges between Korea and Central Asian countries.
Hosted by the university's Center for Silk Road and Central Asia, the festival features exhibits introducing the culture of Central Asia, as well as various hands-on events and performances sampling culture from Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other places.
Abdurrahman Sen, Istanbul’s culture and social executive director, will give a lecture on the festival's tradition, which is registered on the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.