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Court circuit – Embassy 24
Ambassador Gurbanov explains the tradition of Novruz to guests
New Year feasts
Bright green wheatgrass decorated festivities hosted by the embassies of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan as they brought the ancient Central Asian spring festival of Novruz to London. Ambassador Fakhraddin Gurbanov launched proceedings with a reception co-hosted with Lord Fraser of Carmyllie and the Anglo-Azerbaijani Society on the Terrace of the Houses of Parliament. Ambassador Otabek Akbarov followed suit with a Navruz banquet, complete with a spread of traditional foods and a fascinating historical photographic exhibition of Tashkent.
PHOTOS: PIERRE DE VILLIERS
Saida Samadova, wife Ambassador Gurbanov, waters the Novruz wheat grass with the help of the wives of the Central Asian ambassadors
‘Novruz Ambassadors’: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajistikstan and Azerbaijan
The Ambassador of Russia with Ambassador Emeritus of Andorra Maria Rosa Picart and Reg Francis
The Ambassadors of Armenia, Honduras, Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Afghanistan
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Ambassador Akbarov welcomes guests with Dr Hartley Booth, Chairman of the British-Uzbek Society
Guests help themselves to a lavish Uzbek Navruz feast
Khayrinisa Akbarova, wife of the Uzbek Ambassador, with the Navruz wheatgrass
Turkish Ambassador Yigit Alpogan and Mrs Alpogan view the exhibition, Tashkent – The History of One City
Nick Hewer (left) from the hit reality TV show The Apprentice put in an appearance
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