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Nozaruz literally means New Day, but it refers to New Year which is a Persian or Iranian or Parsi New Year. It starts with the first day or exact time of the spring equinox, when day and night are equal. This, usually, happens on March 21. This is the beginning of Iranian Solar Calendar1 and the first day of the constellation of the Aries, Nowruz has been celebrated for over 3,000 years worldwide in the Balkans, Black Sea Basin, Caucasus, and especially, in Tran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. In the year 2009, UNESCO inscribed Nowniz in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity which says that 'the festival is the affirmation of life in. harmony with nature, the awareness of the inseparable linkbehveen constructive labour and natural cycles of renewal and the solicitous and respectful attitude towards natural sources of life'2. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 21 as the International Nowruz Day in its resolution A/RES/64/253 of 20103. The style of celebration of Nowniz varies in different regions, but it disseminates the common message of peace and prosperity and a fresh start of life.
Nowruz has its roots in Zoroastrian4 belief system of Sasanian period (3rd to 7th century, pre-Islamic period) in ancient Persia (now Iran). But, history takes us, further, back to the myths of Ahura Mazda, T.ord or symbol of Wisdom, who fought Angra Mainyu, evil or hostile spirit. The w'ar between good and evil continued for 12,000 years. The Lord of Wisdom created the world in seven stages: sky, ocean, earth, a plant, animal (a bull), first human Kionuirth (both male and female), relatively, and the seventh creation was the fire and Sun together. When the movement or cycle of life started, the Sun also moved and the first day and night occurred followed by seasons. This event was considered to be the first No Ruz or Nowniz. No Ruz or Nowruz was celebrating the Lord of Wisdom and the holy fire .
However, the first record of the Nowruz celebration is traceable to Achaemenian period, who created the first major Empire in the region and built Persepolis Complex (Takhte Jamshid) in central Iran, which was later destroyed by Alexander...