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Here’s what to know about when, how, and by whom Nowruz, also known as Persian New Year, is celebrated—as well as how it began about 3,000 years ago.
Naw-Rúz (Persian: نوروز, romanized: Nowruz) is the first day of the Baháʼí calendar year and one of eleven holy days for adherents of the Baháʼí Faith.It occurs on the vernal equinox, on or near March 21, which is also the traditional Persian New Year.
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:
Nowruz holiday consists of ceremonies and traditions. People start to clean house, paint eggs, sprout up semeni, make national pastries such as shekerbura, pakhlava, shorgoghal, badambura and a great variety of national cuisine. [6] It is tradition to light a candle matching the number of family members. One of the main attributes of Nowruz is ...
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The Persian/Iranian holiday has some wonderful traditions and celebrations to kick off spring.
Guli Surkh festival (Dari: ميلهٔ گل سرخ): The Guli Surkh festival which literally means Red Flower Festival (referring to the red Tulip flowers) is the principal festival for Nowruz. It is celebrated in Mazar-i- Sharif during the first 40 days of the year when the Tulip flowers grow in the green plains and on the hills surrounding the ...
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