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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.
When exactly Nowruz begins thus varies across countries, depending on time zones. This year, it takes place at 26 seconds past 6.36 a.m., March 20, in Tehran, Iran (11:06 p.m., March 19, EDT). In ...
In Iran, the traditional heralds of the festival of Nowruz are Amu Nowruz and Haji Firuz, who appear in the streets to celebrate the New Year. Amu Nowruz brings children gifts, much like his counterpart Santa Claus. [85] He is the husband of Nane Sarma, with whom he shares a traditional love story in which they can meet each other only once a year.
1 January - New Year's Day; 5 January - Iraqi Army Day; 21 March - Nowruz; 30–31 March – Eid al-Fitr; 9 April - Liberation Day; 1 May – Labour Day; 6–9 June – Eid al-Adha; 26 June – Islamic New Year; 6 July – Ashura; 14 July – Republic Day; 16 August - Arba'in; 4 September – The Prophet's day of birth; 3 October – National day
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' Scarlet Wednesday '), is an Iranian festival of the fire dance celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, of ancient Zoroastrian origin. [2] It is the first festivity of Nowruz , the Iranian New Year .
The arrival of spring has been celebrated in Asia Minor since neolithic times.The root of this story goes back to ancient Iranian legends, retold in General History by scientist Dinawari, [15] The Meadows of Gold by Muslim historian Masudi, [16] the Shahnameh, a poetic opus written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi around 1000 AD, and the Sharafnameh by the medieval Kurdish historian Sherefxan Bidlisi.