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| Nowruz نوروز | |
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 Growing wheatgrass is one of the most common traditional preparations for Nowruz. | |
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| Type | National, ethnic, international |
| Significance | New Year holiday |
| Date | March 19, 20, or 21 |
| 2020 date | Friday 20 March 2020 at 03:50 UTC * |
| 2021 date | Saturday 20 March 2021 at 09:37 UTC * |
| 2022 date | Sunday 20 March 2022 at 15:33 UTC * |
Template:Infobox intangible heritage Nowruz (Persian: نوروز, meaning "[The] New Day", IPA: [nouˈɾuːz]; Kurdish: Newroz it is what the Iranians call their New Year.[15] It is one of the ancient celebrations which has survived throughout history and is considered to be a day in which new good things start.
Nowruz (Persian: نوروز, IPA: [nouˈɾuːz], meaning "[The] New Day", Kurdish: Newroz) is the name of the Iranian New Year.
Nowruz is the day of the spring equinox, when the amount of light and dark is the same during the day. It is the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. It is usually celebrated on March 21.
Nowruz has been celebrated by people from different ethnic communities and religious backgrounds for thousands of years. It started in Persia in one of the capitals of the Achaemenid Empire in Persis (Fars).
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- ↑ "Albania 2010 Bank Holidays". Bank-holidays.com. http://www.bank-holidays.com/holidays.php?annee=2010&id_pays=2.
- ↑ Nowruz conveys message of secularism, says Gowher Rizvi. 6 April 2018. http://old.unb.com.bd/lifestyle-news/Nowruz-conveys-message-of-secularism-says-Gowher-Rizvi/67583. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ "Xinjiang Uygurs celebrate Nowruz festival to welcome spring". Xinhuanet. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312195916/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-03/21/c_13790562.htm.
- ↑ Nowruz Declared as National Holiday in Georgia. 21 March 2010. http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22108. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ↑ "Nowruz observed in Indian subcontinent". www.iranicaonline.org. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nowruz-ii/.
- ↑ "20 March 2012 United Nations Marking the Day of Nawroz". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq). Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130513010944/http://www.mofamission.gov.iq/usan/en/articledisplay.aspx?gid=1&id=6168.
- ↑ "Farsnews". Fars News. http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13921228000132.
- ↑ (in Russian) Россия празднует Навруз [Russia celebrates Nowruz]. 21 March 2012. http://rus.ruvr.ru/2012_03_21/69129482/. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ↑ "Arabs, Kurds to Celebrate Nowruz as National Day". http://www.damascusbureau.org/?p=1615.
- ↑ For Kurds, a day of bonfires, legends, and independence. Dan Murphy. 23 March 2004.
- ↑ [1] Anadolu'da Nevruz Kutlamalari
- ↑ Emma Sinclair-Webb, Human Rights Watch, "Turkey, Closing ranks against accountability", Human Rights Watch, 2008. "The traditional Nowrouz/Nowrooz celebrations, mainly celebrated by the Kurdish population in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, and other parts of Kurdistan in Turkey, Iran, Syria and Armenia and taking place around March 21"
- ↑ "General Information of Turkmenistan". sitara.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120906043101/http://sitara.com/turkmenistan/general.html.
- ↑ Scott, Noel (2010). Tourism in the Muslim World. Emerald Group Publishing. p. 208. . https://books.google.com/?id=UwnF6e_95nQC&pg=PA208.
