Posted on 03/19/2024 2:18:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Some 300 million people around the world are starting their annual celebration of renewal and harmony with nature in what is to them the biggest cultural holiday of the year, typically involving 13 days of rituals.
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 groups with a common Silk Roads heritage, including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Turkey, as well as their diaspora in other countries.
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The excitement for Nowruz was captured on Tuesday’s Google Doodle, which appeared on the site in more than a dozen countries, including Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. (Access to Google is restricted in Iran.)
The colorful scene, featuring animals playing instruments, was created by Iranian artist and Google Design Director Pendar Yousefi, who said the doodle draws inspiration from what he described as his “happy childhood memories of Nowruz.”
Here’s what to know about Nowruz:
When is Nowruz? Nowruz, which marks the first day of spring, is celebrated at the time—down to the second—of the vernal equinox, the point at which the sun is equally aligned over the Northern and Southern hemispheres, based on the earth’s rotation and tilt.
When exactly Nowruz begins thus varies across countries, depending on time zones. This year, it takes place at 26 seconds past 6.36 a.m., March 20, in Tehran, Iran (11:06 p.m., March 19, EDT). In India, Nowruz is celebrated on two days, this year on March 20 and August 15, based on calculations according to two different calendars.
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Seems like it would conflict with Ramadan, at least some years.
Anyhow, happy Persian partying!
They certainly know about ours, and use it to their advantage when attacking us.
Should, for some reason we have to deal with them, wouldn't it be better to do so when they have let their guard down, partying?
Hopefully we never have to use this knowledge, but if push comes to shove better than not having it.
Even Joe & Jill love it
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/19/statement-from-president-joe-biden-marking-nowruz-2/
Yes that comes to mind.
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