can i have a detailed description of persian new year/nowrouz?

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please include things like:
-background
-celebrations
-customs
-traditions done today

Answer 1

Salaam dear,

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Norouz (Persian: نوروز‎ , various local pronunciations and spellings) is the traditional Iranian new year holiday in Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Albania, Georgia, various countries of Central Asia such as Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among the Iranian peoples everywhere. As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday, it is also a holy day for adherents of Sufism as well as Bahá'í Faith [1]. In Iran it is also referred to as an Eid festival, although it is not an Islamic feast. For Isma'ilis Navroz celebrates the birthday of Ali (Ali Ibn Talib), and is also celebrated as the new year festival due to the group being of Persian origin.

Norouz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year as well as the beginning of the Bahá'í year [2]. It is celebrated by some communities on March 21st and by others on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox (start of spring), which may occur on March 20th, 21st or 22nd.


Etymology :
The word comes from the Old Persian[1]: nava=new + rəzaŋh=day/daylight, meaning "new day/daylight", and still has the same meaning in the modern Persian (no=new + rouz=day; meaning "new day").

The term Norouz first appeared in Persian records in the second century CE, but it was also an important day during the Achaemenid times (c. 648-330 BCE), where kings from different nations under Persian empire used to bring gifts to the emperor (Shahanshah) of Persia on Norouz.[2]


History and Tradition :
Tradition dates Noruz as far back as 15,000 years ago -- before the last ice age. The mythocal Persian King Jamshid (Yima or Yama of the Indo-Iranian lore) symbolizes the transition of the Indo-Iranians from animal hunting to animal husbandry and a more settled life in human history. Seasons played a vital part then. Everything depended on the four seasons. After a severe winter, the beginning of spring was a great occasion with mother nature rising up in a green robe of colorful flowers and the cattle delivering their young. It was the dawn of abundance. Jamshid is said to be the person who introduced Noruz celebrations.[3]

Prophet Zoroaster (Zarathushtra) was the architect of the pre-Islamic Iranian cosmology who instituted many feasts, festivals and rituals to pay homage to the seven creations, the holy immortals and Ahura Mazda. The seven most important ones are known as Gahambars, the feasts of obligation. The last and the most elaborate was Noruz, celebrating Ahura Mazda and the Holy Fire at the spring equinox.[4]

Contents of all informations about Noruz in Wikipedia encyclopedia :

1 Etymology
2 History and Tradition
3 Local variations
3.1 Norouz in modern Iran
3.1.1 Khane Tekani
3.1.2 Chahârshanbe Sûrî
3.1.3 The Haft Sîn
3.1.4 Hâjji Fîrûz
3.1.5 New Year Dishes
3.1.6 Sizdah Bedar
3.2 Celebration of the Iranian feast, Norouz, by the Kurds
3.3 Bahá'í Faith
3.4 Fasli
3.5 Norouz around the world
4 Trivia
5 References
6 See also
7 External links


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Answer 2

NoRuz which celebrates the start of spring on the vernal equinox
It is not a Muslim festival but has it's roots from over 15000 years ago in the Zoroastrian religion, and is not celebrated in all the Muslim world but rather in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Tajikistan.

just before the new year celebrations (which have already started since Noruz is on 21st of March) people make a table in their house which contains the followings:

A goldfish in a clear bowl on a table represents a happy life, full of activity and the end of astral year - Pisces
A few coins;
A basket of painted eggs;
A Seville orange floating in a bowl of water,
A flask of rose water,
A brazier for burning wild rue,
A pot of flowering hyacinth or narcissus,
A mirror,
Two candlesticks holding a flickering candle for each child in the family.
A holy book (depending on the families religion)

And they have a special Collection on that table, called 'Haft Sin' or 'seven S's'. each of these is a representation of new life as noruz is on the first day of Spring.

1. Sabzeh - (sprouts)
2. Samanu - (a wheat pudding)
3. Sib - (apple )
4. Senjed - (the sweet, dry fruit of the Lotus tree)
5. Seer - (garlic)
6. Somaq - (sumac berries ground)
7. Serkeh - (vinegar)

also on Noruz's Eve (new year's eve) people traditionally eat "Sabzi-polo ba Mahi" which is Fried fish and Rice. most of these traditions are practiced today. people buy clothes (if you live in Iran, you can see most shopping centres are filled with people these days), visit relatives, and go out on the 13th day of Noruz (Seezdah Bedar). To read more on things that happen around Noruz read Anita Dehghani's article.

hope all this helped.

Noruz Mobarak!

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