Uzbek Girls in Persian New Year

Girls wearing traditional Uzbek costumes perform during a celebration of Nowruz in the Uzbek capital Tashkent, Monday, March 21, 2005. Nowruz, known also as the Persian New Year, which comes on March 21, is observed across Central Asia and in Iran on the first day of spring as a celebration of harvest and rebirth. (AP Photo/Anvar Ilyasov)