Nowruz (Persian: نوروز, Iranian Persian: [noːˈɾuːz], [x] lit. 'New Day') is the Iranian or Persian New Year. [36][37] Historically, it has been observed by Iranian peoples, [38] but is now celebrated by many ethnicities worldwide.

Mar 13, 2025 · The United Nations has marked 21 March as International Nowruz Day, commemorating a holiday that sees millions around the world eating, dancing and furiously spring-cleaning the house from top-to ...

4 days ago · For the big day, you’re supposed to make sure you’re wearing new clothes, too, Mr. Hedayati said. A Festival of Fire. Held on the last Tuesday before Nowruz, Chaharshanbe Suri is known as the ...

5 days ago · The modern-day Norooz celebration is a 13-day festival filled with ancient traditions, beginning with Chahar-Shanbe Soori—the Fire Festival.Taking place on the last Wednesday before Norooz, this festival involves jumping over fire while chanting “Zardi-ye man az to, sorkhi-ye to az man” (My yellowness to you, your redness to me), symbolizing the cleansing of the …

Mar 6, 2025 · Celebrate Nowruz 2025, New Year also known as Norooz and Novruz: the ancestral festival that marks spring's arrival and nature's renewal.

5 days ago · Nowruz, festival celebrating the start of the new year on the Persian calendar. Nowruz, meaning “new day” in Persian (or Fārsī), occurs on the spring equinox, which is the first day of the month of Farvardīn on the Iranian calendar. The holiday usually falls on March 21 on the Gregorian calendar.

Mar 19, 2024 · Nowruz (alternatively spelled Nauruz, Nauryz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nooruz, Norooz, Norouz, or Novruz), also known as Persian New Year (Nowruz means “new day” in Persian), is celebrated across ethnic...

Mar 19, 2024 · Nowruz is a holiday marking the Persian New Year and the first day of spring. Originating more than 3,000 years ago, the 13-day festival symbolizes renewal and harmony with nature....

Mar 18, 2020 · Nowruz (or Norooz) is the Iranian New Year, the first day of spring, and the first day of a new year in the Persian calendar. Nowruz is Thursday, March 20, in 2025. Here, these times are displayed in the table below.

Mar 12, 2025 · Nowruz—which means “new day”—is a holiday marking the arrival of spring and the first day of the year in Iran, whose solar calendar begins with the vernal equinox. Nowruz has been celebrated in...