What is Navroz?
20-03-2023
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Overview:
Google Doodle is celebrating the Iranian New Year Navroz, a festival that is celebrated by Parsis all across the globe.
About Navroz:
- Navroz is an Iranian and Persian New year. The word ‘now’ means ‘new’ and roz means ‘day’. Therefore, the word translates to a new day.’
- It marks the beginning of the spring season and is celebrated with great fervour by members of the Parsi community across the globe.
- The festival of Nowruz is named after the Persian king, Jamshed, who is credited for creating the Persian or the Shahenshahi calendar.
- It is said that the festival came to India courtesy of an 18th-century wealthy tradesman from Surat, Nusservanji Kohyaji, who often travelled to Iran and began celebrating Nowruz in India.
- It is listed in the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of India.
- In India, the festival is observed around August 16-17 by the Parsi community following the Shahenshahi calendar which does not account for leap years.
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Source: Google Doodle celebrates Nowruz: Know about this UN-recognised international holiday