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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 ...
Newroz or Nawruz [1] (Kurdish: نەورۆز) [2] is the Kurdish celebration of Nowruz; the arrival of spring and new year in Kurdish culture.The lighting of the fires at the beginning of the evening of March 20 is the main symbol of Newroz among the Kurds.
Some Afghans, [10] including members of the Taliban and their supporters, do not observe Nowruz traditions. [11] In 1985, Radio Television Afghanistan aired a Persian play to commemorate and promote Nowruz. [12] Under the 1990s Taliban rule, Nowruz was banned "due to the thought that it was a pagan holiday centered on fire worship."
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The Persian/Iranian holiday has some wonderful traditions and celebrations to kick off spring. Spring Brings a New Day and Nowruz a New Year! All About Nowruz and How To Celebrate
The traditional Nowruz holiday, from which the Baha'i holiday derives, has been celebrated since ancient times in Iran, and is observed by culturally-adjacent peoples in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and Tajikistan. [2]
Reza Farahan and Golnesa "GG" Gharachedaghi discuss the holiday's traditions in an interview with TODAY. What is Nowruz, the Persian new year? 'Shahs of Sunset' stars explain