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The festival of Nowruz is celebrated by many groups of people in the Black Sea basin, the Balkans, the South Caucasus, Western Asia, central and southern Asia, and by Iranian peoples worldwide. [92] Traditional Nowruz dance performance at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, 2011. Places where Nowruz is a public holiday include:
People typically spend weeks preparing for Nowruz, mostly by spring cleaning. During the festival, family visits and communal meals are common, along with gift exchanges. There are also ways of ...
The festival has an important place in terms of Kurdish identity for the majority of Kurds. [7] [8] [10] Though celebrations vary, people generally gather together to welcome the coming of spring; they wear traditional coloured Kurdish clothes, dance together, light fires to dance around and jump over the bonfire, play Kurdish games. [13] [14] [3]
This is the biggest recorded Nowruz gathering where up to 200,000 people from all over Afghanistan get together in Mazar-i-Sharif's central park around the Blue Mosque to celebrate the banner raising (Jahanda Bala) ceremony. Jashn-e Dehqān (Dari: جشن دهقان): Jashn-e Dehqan means The Festival of Farmers. It is celebrated on the first ...
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The Persian/Iranian holiday has some wonderful traditions and celebrations to kick off spring.
Sizdah Bedar: Persian Festival of "Joy and Solidarity". The 13th and last day of Norouz celebration. Because of the end of twelve days (a sample of twelve month) they celebrate the 13th day as a new beginning of the next twelve month and it has no relations with the number 13 (as an unlucky number). Mehregan: Festival of Mehr (or Mithra). A day ...
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