Post by Caliph on Apr 30, 2015 12:43:06 GMT
March 21 as International Day of Nowruz to let the New Year festivity of
over 300 million people across the globe become officially
international.
According to the preamble of the resolution on the
International Day of Nowruz, which means new day, member states were
asked to register March 21 as the International Day of Nowruz in their
official calendars. The UN resolution has described Nowruz as the day of
the vernal equinox, which is celebrated for over 3,000 years by more
than 300 million people worldwide as the beginning of the new year.
Nowruz
marks the beginning of the New Year in Iran and Afghanistan. In
addition to Iran, with official and unofficial holidays during Nowruz,
it is celebrated as an official holiday in many other countries although
Nowruz is not the beginning of the new year in some countries. Turkmenistan
Nowruz
holidays in Turkmenistan last for four days (from March 20 to March
23). According to the old and new traditions, people in Turkmenistan
celebrate New Year twice a year. One of these festivals is observed
based on the Christian calendar approved by the United Nations as the
International Festival (New Year) and another festival is observed as a
sign of revival nature (Nowruz), the ancient tradition of the people of
Turkmenistan. People in Turkmenistan also observe New Year holidays by
cooking famous Nowruz cuisine namely Nowruz Keja, Nowruz Bameh, and
Samani (Samanu). Horseracing, wrestling, handkerchief jumping,
cockfighting, and sheep horn fight are among the other Nowruz ceremonies
in this republic.
Translated by: Sadroddin Musawi
Happy Nowrooz
