YASIN SPRING FESTIVAL (TOKHMARAZI)(جشنِ تخم ریزی یاسین )

TOKHMARAZI is a festival celebrated in Yasin valley of Northern areas, the purpose of celebrating this event is to welcome to the Spring season the people of Yasin valley celebrate this festival with zeal and zest because to say goodbye to the long and hard winter season and welcome the spring season.

Most of the time TOKHMARAZI(a festival in Yasin valley ) is celebrated dated from 1 to 10 of the month of March every year.

TOKHMARAZI is a two-day event where people, enjoy it by gathering together and sending gifts to their loved ones, especially they send homemade traditional food to their relative home.

a day before the event happens the people of Yasin valley decorate their houses with flour. what I mean is by making different shapes and designs (i.e the video below) and dipping the design in flour(خورزن) and then pressing the design on the inner surface of the roof of the house which copies the shape exactly and gives another level of attractiveness.

Furthermore, the other famous activity during the TOKHMARAZI celebration is to play a Polo game. At the start of the Polo game, the Numberdar of a particular area rides on the horse from one side of the polo ground to the other side waving a bow which means to take all the evils from the village.

In addition after the polo game the local people dance on local Hareep and sing folk songs and they also take part in the tug of war and horse jumping are also included and finally, the winning team has to perform the local dance to celebrate the victory.