Any norooz celebraters here??
Can anyone please explain a little of its history and origins?
Plz?
Isn't it the new year in the persian calendar?
one of my friend's celebrated it yesterday.. umm... i'll ask her what it's all about
nauroze is the traditional persian new year. it's celebrated by parsis, and everyone who live in iran.
in india parsis celebrate it and they pronounce it as "navroz"
Norouz is celebrated in Iran, traditionally a Zoroastrian festival celebrated on 21st March (Spring Equinox) to mark the New Year, celebrating the creation of fire and the highest truth. Representing the renewal of Life/Nature in Spring.
No doubt there are many different versions of such festivals in many other ancient traditions.
A link if you wish to know more:
http://www.payvand.com/newyear.html
(Check out the article "NoRuz: Celebration of Life).
I dont think it is celebrated only in Iran. Norooz is also celebrated with a mixture of Islam in it in Turkey, Kurdistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, azerbaijan, Afghanistan, some people in Pakistan and Central Asian countries. Also there is national holiday in Iran and all the central asian countries on this occasion.
Reza, you're right, it's not restricted to Iran, I know its celebrated in Pak too, to a lesser degree, but its origins are of persian/zoroastrian influence and can be traced back to thousands of years.
Does anyone know where and by whom exactly in pakistan it is celebrated??
ok i need to know about this too…my friend is from Afghanistan and she celibrates it eventhough she is Muslim. And she has a very limited knowledge of Islam. She told me this narouz is a Islamic new Year which is 1380 something…i was surprised because i know our new year is 1423 now which all Muslims in the world accept it. Any how she really made me confused and we had this conflict. Can someone tell me why is it even celibrated by Muslims in Afghanistan and at different places. And what is this new year 1380? The weird thing is that, my friend knows all the name of the month of this nouroz year, but when i asked her about the months of Islamic calender, she told me she never heard of them before
ya tajiks in afghanistan and millions of people in the non arabic mid-east celebrate noorooz, the year 1380 is basically a so called islamic year from the birth of Prophet Mohammed (SAW), others in islamic world recognize the higri month. its roots are in zoroashtrianism. A pre-Islamic relegion of the persians,uzbeks,tajiks,kurds and countless other central Asians including pakistanis. there are many things they do in this festival which is'nt, i would say people from most muslim countries if see would be surprised to see the festivities.
[This message has been edited by reza khan (edited March 23, 2002).]
reza, if this religion is not a part of Islam, how do they have this year celibrated from Mohammad's(pbuh) date of birth?
why do we go to ask pir, fakeers shrines to ask mannat? and why do we celebrate urs??
people have cultures all over the world. which gets assiciated when they accept some new relegion..
I think the same happened to them and the same happened to us>>
I have an Iranian friend who says that it is the year 1380 because in Iran, traditionally a solar calender is used, rather than the lunar one used by most Muslims. Setting Year 1 as when the Prophet (SAWS) emigrated to Medina, and using 365 days a year as opposed to 360 days in the lunar calender, they arrive at the year currently being 1380. So they are currently celebrating 1380 years, by their calender, since the Prophet (SAWS) left to establish the first Islamic state.