Hello Brothers and Sisters
Happy new year ! Happy nowruz ! only 3 days left to the start of Spring ! only 3 days to the new year !
Wish you all prosperity , a year that is filled with all the fragrance of roses, illuminated with all the lights of the world and be blessed with all the smiles on the planet. Hope this year will be the year when all your dreams come true
May you remember to say “I love you” at least once a day to your spouse, your child, your parent, your siblings; but not to your secretary or your doctor
LOVE YO ALL
Nowruz (
Persian: نوروز, IPA:
[nouˈɾuːz], meaning "[The] New Day") is the name of the
Iranian/Persian New Year.
Nowruz marks the first day of
spring or
Equinox and the beginning of the year in the
Persian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical
Northward equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. The moment the
sun crosses the
celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year and families gather together to observe the rituals.
Nowruz is celebrated by people from diverse ethnic communities and religious backgrounds for thousands of years. It is a
secularholiday for most celebrants that is enjoyed by people of several different faiths, but remains a holy day for Zoroastrians. It originated in
Persia in one of the capitals of the
Achaemenid empire in
Persis (
Fars) in
Iran and is also celebrated by the
cultural region that came under Iranian influence or had migrations by Persians including
Azerbaijan, the
North Caucasus, Kurdish inhabited regions of eastern
Turkey and Northern
Iraq,
[24] Afghanistan,
Pakistan,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan and other scattered populations in Central and South Asia.
Nowruz is partly rooted in the religious tradition of
Zoroastrianism. Among other ideas, Zoroastrianism is the first
monotheistic religion that emphasizes broad concepts such as the corresponding work of good and evil in the world, and the connection of humans to nature. Zoroastrian practices were dominant for much of the history of ancient Persia (centered in what is now Iran). Nowruz is believed to have been invented by
Zoroaster himself, although there is no clear date of origin. Since the
Achaemenid era the official year has begun with the New Day when the
Sun leaves the
zodiac of Pisces and enters the zodiacal sign of Aries, signifying the Spring Equinox. Nowruz is also a holy day for
Sufi Muslims,
Bektashis,
Ismailis,
Alawites,
Alevis,
Babis
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Nowruz countdown & Tahvil saal time (exact time in different cities ) :
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What do we do during holidays ?
During the Noruz holidays people are expected to pay house visits to one another (mostly limited to families, friends and neighbours) in the form of short house visits and the other side will also pay you a visit during the holidays before the 13th day of the spring.
Typically, on the first day of Noruz, family members gather around the table, with the Haft Seen on the table or set next to it, and await the exact moment of the arrival of the spring. At that time gifts are exchanged. Later in the day, on the very first day, the first house visits are paid to the most senior family members.
Typically, the youngers visit the elders first, and the elders return their visit later. The visits naturally have to be relatively short, otherwise one will not be able to visit everybody on their list. Every family announces in advance to their relatives and friends which days of the holidays are their reception days.
A visit generally lasts around 30 minutes, where you often run into other visiting relatives and friends who happen to be paying a visit to the same house at that time. Because of the house visits, you make sure you have a sufficient supply of pastry, cookies, fresh and dried fruits and special nuts on hand, as you typically serve your visitors with these items plus tea or syrup.
Many Iranians will throw large Noruz parties in a central location as a way of dealing with the long distances between groups of friends and family.
Some Noruz celebrants believe that whatever a person does on Noruz will affect the rest of the year. So, if a person is warm and kind to their relatives, friends and neighbors on Noruz, then the new year will be a good one. On the other hand, if there are fights and disagreements, the year will be a bad one. Also, many people do a significant amount of "Spring Cleaning" prior to Noruz to rid the house of last year's dirt and germs in preparation for a good new year.
One tradition that may not be very widespread (that is, it may belong to only a few families) is to place something sweet, such as honey or candy, in a safe place outside overnight. On the first morning of the new year, the first person up brings the sweet stuff into the house as another means of attaining a good new year.
The traditional herald of the Noruz season is called Haji Pirooz, or Hadji Firuz. He symbolizes the rebirth of the Sumerian god of sacrifice, Domuzi, who was killed at the end of each year and reborn at the beginning of the New Year. Wearing black make up and a red costume, Haji Pirooz sings and dances through the streets with tambourines and trumpets spreading good cheer and the news of the coming New Year.
The thirteenth day of the New Year festival is called
Sizdah Bedar (meaning "thirteen outdoors"). It often falls on or very close to April Fool's Day, as it is celebrated in some countries. People go out in the nature in groups and spend all day outdoors in the nature in form of family picnics. It is a day of festivity in the nature, where children play and music and dancing is abundant. On this day, people throw their sabzeh away in the nature as a symbolic act of making the nature greener, and to dispose of the bad luck that the sprouts are said to have been collecting from the household.
The thirteenth day celebrations, Seezdah Bedar, stem from the belief of the ancient Persians that the twelve constellations in the Zodiac controlled the months of the year, and each ruled the earth for a thousand years. At the end of which, the sky and the earth collapsed in chaos.
Hence, Noe-Rooz lasts twelve days and the thirteenth day represents the time of chaos when families put order aside and avoid the bad luck associated with the number thirteen by going outdoors and having picnics and parties.
At the end of the celebrations on this day, the sabzeh grown for the Haft Seen spread (which has symbolically collected all the sickness and bad luck) is thrown away into running water to exorcise the demons (divs) and evil eyes from the house hold. It is also customary for young single women to tie the leaves of the sabzeh, prior to discarding it, symbolizing their wish to be married before the next year's Seezdah Bedar. When tying the leaves, they whisper.
What is haft seen ?
It consists of seven items that in Farsi begin with the letter “S.”
- Sabzeh (lentil sprouts that grow in a dish, symbolizing rebirth)
- Samanu (sweet pudding made from wheat, symbolizing affluence)
- Senjed (dried fruit of the oleaster tree, symbolizing love)
- Seer (garlic, symbolizing medicine)
- Seeb (apple, symbolizing health and beauty)
- Somaq (sumac berries, symbolizing the color of the sunrise)
- Serkeh (vinegar, symbolzing age and patience)
Also on the “Haft-Seen,” many people decorate eggs for good luck and fertility. There may also be a goldfish in a bowl to represent new beginnings and a mirror, to always look at your reflection. A copy of Hafez (RA) book of poems and a copy of Holy Quran is also put aside them .
Now can someone mention Pakistanis , Iraqis and Indians ?
have the best of time !
and wish you a Happy new Year
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