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New Year » Countrywise » Persian New Year
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Persian New Year
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Persian New Year is also generally referred to as the Nowruz is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the globe, including parts of Central Asia, Northwestern China, South Asia, the Crimea and some ethnic groups in Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and the Republic of Macedonia.
As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday and having significance between the Zoroastrian ancestors of modern Iranians, the same time is celebrated in the Indian sub-continent as the New Year. Nowruz is the traditional Iranian festival of spring which begins at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the spring. It is considered as the start of the New Year among Iranians. Nowruz is the celebration of New Life; it is determined according to the spring equinox and coincides with March 21, or the previous/following day, marking the begning of the spring in the northern hemisphere.
Parsi delicacies play a very essential role in the New Year or Nowruz celebrations. A sweet Ravo (made from milk, sugar and suji) and vermicelli are the best breakfast for Navroz. After breakfast, entire family goes to nearby Fire Temple or Agiary. Priests perform a thanks giving prayer in the temple which called Jashan and the congregation offers sandalwood to the Sacred Fire with covered heads. They wish every one 'Sal Mubarak'.
During the Nowruz Parsi people place some auspicious items on the table which set for the day of celebrations. Some of the very holy items kept on the table are picture of Zarathustra, book, candles, mirror, fruits, incense sticks are burnt, goldfish in bowl, flowers, bread, sugar and some coins. Paris customs for New Year believe that these items represent longevity and prosperity. This holy festival repeats and renews everything, generates and revives the nature and influences Iranian creative soul, thought and emotion.
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