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5 unusual facts about Nowruz


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It is also one of the seven items which are used in Haft Sin or the seven 'S's which is a traditional table setting of Nowruz, the traditional Persian spring celebration.

Freer Gallery of Art

The Freer and Sackler's also presents family festivals such as its annual Nowruz celebration in March.

Islamization of Iran

After their establishment as Caliphs, holidays such as Nowruz for example were permitted after a long suppression by the Ummayad rulers.

Parviz Gharib-Afshar

At the same time he started in various student stage productions including Iranian student’s stage and then TV productions for Nowruz.

Shermine Shahrivar

Shermine Shahrivar was selected to be the host of the Oberhausen, Germany Nowruz celebration, said to be the largest in the World, on March 19, 2005.


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In 1222 the Shia Yemeni lord of Sinjar, Abu Muhammad al-Makhzun al-Sinjari, led a force of roughly 50,000 fighters to support the Alawites of the coastal region against their Kurdish rivals after the latter had killed several Alawites celebrating Nowruz in the Sahyun Fortress.

Bahram-e Pazhdo

The poem celebrates the spring season, the Iranian new year festival Nowruz, the prophet Zoroaster, the praise of Kings and leaders who upheld or propagated the Zoroastrian religion, the righteous deceased of that faith, as well as those who might copy his poem.


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