Azhyrnykhua in Abkhazia
Azhyrnykhua in Abkhazia is held on January 14. Old New Year, and its related observance. This event in the second decade of the month January is annual. 
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The Abkhaz family continues to play an important role in performing various rituals related to various family and calendar events and holidays. On the night of January 13-14, many will celebrate the Old New Year - a unique holiday that arose after the change in the chronology.
January 14 in the Abkhaz calendar is an official day off. But not because it is the Old New Year, popular in the post-Soviet space (New Year according to the ‘old style’, according to the Julian calendar). In Abkhazia, it is also a pagan Azhyrnykhua – which is translated as ‘Forge Holiday’, the holiday of the creation (or renewal) of the world.
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