Uigurs new years ceremonialism in a context of folklore and ethnographical data about Navruz.
The article have the description of new years ceremonial rites of Navruz, exactly, preparation ritual dish - sumalyak, funeral rites of ancestry, survivals of agricultural cults are preserved by modern uigurs of the East Turkestan. The importance of explore Navruz in help to fi nding-out the ancient uigurs cultural and historical contacts with peoples of the Near East, Front, Middle and Central Asia is accentuated.