Nowruz is March 20 - Happy Persian New Year! Nowruz is Farsi for “new day” and honors the beginning of spring. It is observed by people around the world, including in the Balkans, the Black Sea Basin, ...

About 300 million people around the world celebrated the Persian new year, or Nowruz, last month. Nowruz, meaning “new day”, is an ancestral festivity marking the first day of spring and the ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres Nowruz: A timeless celebration of renewal and new beginnings Nowruz, also spelled Novruz, Navruz, Nooruz, Nevruz, or Nauryz, meaning “new day” in Persian ...

Novruz, Nowruz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz or Nevruz marks the New Year and the beginning of spring across a vast geographical area covering, inter alia, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, ...

And let's not forget the goldfish which is a favorite, especially among children. Nowruz festivities culminate in Sizdebedar, which falls on the 13th day of the New Year. This is a day that has to ...

New Year in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan is celebrated on March 21 ...