Tajikistan to Host Nationwide “Sayri Guli Lola” Tulip Festival This Weekend
Dushanbe, The Gulf Observer: Tajikistan will celebrate a nationwide flower festival, “Sayri Guli Lola” (“Celebration of the Tulip”), on Saturday and the fourth Sunday of April, according to media reports. The festival is included in the official 2026 calendar of holidays, anniversaries, cultural programs, exhibitions, festivals, and folk traditions, approved by the President at the start of the year.
The event is being organized under the coordination of the Committee for Local Development, in cooperation with the ministries of Agriculture, Culture, Environmental Protection, Forestry, Housing and Utilities, Television and Radio, Tourism Development, Women and Family Affairs, and Youth and Sports. Regional and city authorities, as well as professional unions of writers, designers, and artists, are also participating in the festival preparations.
In Dushanbe, nearly 3.9 million tulips will be planted under a special resolution issued by the city’s mayor to ensure that the festival is celebrated at the highest level.
The Sayri Guli Lola festival aims to revive ancestral traditions that honor natural beauty and the environment, encourage a love of gardening and flower cultivation among citizens, promote the protection of Tajikistan’s natural heritage, and beautify homes, streets, neighborhoods, villages, towns, and cities nationwide. The festival also seeks to attract tourists and strengthen the country’s tourism industry.
The festival will be held across Tajikistan, with participants eligible to receive commemorative gifts from the Committee for Local Development.
Historians note that tulip motifs have appeared in some of the country’s oldest archaeological sites. As early as the 3rd-5th centuries AD, tulips with three petals were depicted on silver artifacts and seals, reflecting the historical significance of this flower in Tajik culture.
