This article is the result of the author’s field observations and direct participation in the Nawruz celebrations in the Wakhan and Zebak districts of Afghanistan in March 2015. The study reveals a vivid picture of Nawruz rituals in one of the most distinctive corners of historical Khorasan and Badakhshan, based on personal experience, interviews with elders, khalifa, and guardians of tradition, as well as comparisons with materials from Tajikistan.