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tv   Documentary Nowruz The New Day  PRESSTV  March 20, 2024 4:02am-4:31am IRST

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no ruse, literally meaning the new day is a celebration of early spring when the sun begins to regain strength and over. come winters cold and darkness, it's so perfoundly ingrained in iranian traditions, history and cultural memory that iranian identity and nourus have mutually buttressed each other from millennia. for
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ancient iranians, it presented a struggle between good and evil on all plans, physical, moral and spiritual, with the total victory for the good. it ushers in the loveliest season of the year with joyous festivities. آمد بهار جان ها ای شاخه تهر به رقسا چون یوسف اندراه آمد مصر و شکر به رقصاه آمد بهار جان ها a ای شاخ تربه ای شاخ تربه رقسا ای شاخ تر به رقصا جان پدر برقسا جان پدر برقسا اسبا ما سر بریدی. ای پاغوزر برقسا ای خوشکمر برقسا ای شاه
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پدر در برقسا جان پدر برقسا جان پدر برقسا از پام و سر بریدی دی پام و سر برقسا ای خوشکمر برقسا. there is an abundance of material attributing the festivals. founding to jamshid, the
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mythical king of iran. one well-known legend is that jamshid was drawn through the air in a chariot by deves traveling in one day from damovan to babylon, and people made this day a feast day on account of the wonder which they had seen during it, and they amused themselves with swinging in order to imitate jamsheed in 1079, the cell.
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هم بیرون ما اتفاق میفته و این خیلی تأثیر خوبی داره برای شروع جدید برای تصمیم دوباره چیزایی که عقب مونده تو زندگیمون و الان میخوایم رفرشش بکنیم و بهش بررسیم by kindling fires and jumping over them while chanting a verse on the evening of the last wednesday of the year which is called in farsing. به هر حال هر ملتی یک سنتی داره یه اعیادی داره برای خودش یه سال روزهایی داره ما هم عید نوروز برامون روزیه که سال تحویل میشه سعی می کنیم که حالا آیینی که داریم اینه که خونه هامونو تمیز می کنیم آب و جارو می کنیم سعی می کنیم که از یک رخوت زمستون در بیایم و پیش بریم به پیشواز بهار. the
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festival is preceded by the scrupulous cleaning of houses and their contents, there we have. clean the windows, you have clean the whole house, all the rooms and from the dirt and dust, and the carpets are all washed, it's all looking brand new, basically, it's a very nice feeling at home, yeah, so we are waiting basically for the spring start. یک مرتب بودنیه, یک بهانه ای هست، در اصل بخواهیم، یک بهانه ای هستش که برای سال نو بودن، اما نظافته نظافتم هیچ ایرادی هم. people of every call and means go for the nuruz shopping. by tradition, the iranians
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buy new clothes for the new year, buying large quantities of sweets, fruits and dry nuts, or also top of the shopping list. today we came here to buy some things for nouru's day and some gifts for our family, norsday is so interesting, we came here, people sell things here like such as shoes, bags, handbags and such as this fish, today we bought some nots and fighter fishes, something for - damam because tomorrow we're going there for a holidays, well we came here to bites, the fruits, sweets and dry nuts are placed on this sofra air half scene, sofra is dining cloth and have seen denotes seven
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items beginning with the letter seen in farsey. it is one of the components of the ritual of norus observed by most iranians. noruz. انقدر همه چی رنگی و قشنگه که همه ایرانیا همیشه دوستش دارن و همیشه هم به زیبایی برپا می کنن همه میرن واسه خرید حفسین خرید عید میوه هرچی که لازمه تدارکات نورو اول همه با همدیگه با هم فراهم میکنند. replaced with some other seen items, one sabza, that is wheat or barley and sometimes lentils grown commonly on earthenware plate as a symbol of life and freshness. two, sanjed or food of silverberry
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as a symbol of love and affection, three seab or apples, symbolizing health and fertility. for somal, a spice popular in the middle east symbolizing happiness, patience and perseverance. five: sear or garlic clothes as a symbol of protection in the face of affliction. six. seca or few newly minted coins symbolizing wealth and prosperity. and seven, samanu, a sweet paste made from germinated wheat and wheat flour.
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haji feruz, the most famous among the traditional folk entertainers appears on the iranian streets in the days preceeding norus. the haji feruz entertains passers by by singing traditional songs and dancing and playing.
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also go to holy places, above all the holy shrine of imam riza in mashad to celebrate
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noruz.
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as soon as the year turns, family members get up and kiss each other and offer their greetings. senior members give junior members
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their gifts, usually new bank notes. customary, congratulatory exclamations are, may your nourus be happy. may health, victory and prosperity be with you this year, and many or... renewing, you have hals in everywhere people, they are wearing new clothes, we collect lots
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of ad or lucky money, immediately afterwards or in the following morning, if the year has turned during late night, kin folks, household servants, friends and acquaintances visit each other going through the same ritual و همه چیز نو میشه, سال نو میشه, بعد ما توی ایران یه رسمی که داریم دید و بازدیدا نو میشه همه. those families who are in morning usually visit the graves of the departed and pray, then return home.
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over the past two three decades during noruz some pay tribute to the fallen of the iraqi war against iraq by going to regions once used to be frontlines where those iranian fighters lost their lives for the sake of their country. the following days are spent visiting friends, going on picnics and traveling to other cities and countries. particularly favorite sites include shiraz, isfahan, mashad and other historic monuments as well as holy sanctuaries and shrines or the caspian or persian gulf resorts.
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children especially love nurus, they do not need to work or go to school, they wear new clothes, receive gifts and play various games. many spent their time out of doors under blossoming trees in fields and gardens or riding horses in the vast plains of the country.
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noruz is also favorite time for weddings. رو استفاده می کنن از طبیعت و سیمزه شونو به درد می کنن. every family gets out, throws the savza away
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while making a wish that with it all mishaps may be averted. "elaborate meals are cooked and large quantities of fruits, nuts, drinks and sweets consumed, people bit nouru's a worthy goodbye, and then they return joyfully to their living places in the evening. نوروز همه قسمتاش خوبه به هر حال وقتی که سال نو میشه هوا
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خوبه تراوت، شادابی مردم رو می بینید که به هر حال شاد هستن، خوشحال هستن. nations of iranian background inhabiting other lands, namely the tajiks, afghans and kurds of iraq, syria and turkey. in tajikistan.
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associated with welcoming the holiday, that is cleaning houses and buying new clothes, preparing sweet dishes and elaborate meals, and with celebrating it, that is, school holidays, visitation, exchange of gifts, partaking of sweets and fruits are much the same as in iran. all kurds celebrate nurus with enthusiasm even in lands where their traditions do not meet with official
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sanction. everywhere bonfires are kindled and fireworks are accompanied by music, dancing, singing and picnicking.
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in fact, wherever iranian culture has gone, no ruse has gone with it. in indian controlled kashmir, for example, noruz is celebrated with great fervor, and i am coming from chennai, south part of india, and this is my first trip to kashmir and so far it's... been wonderful, kashmir is a great place to visit and it's a lifetime experience or in the united states, iranians celebrate their fatherland's festival every year, sharing its soul, namely kindness with the rest of the people. for years ahead of nourus, many iranians team up with charities to... feed hundreds of homeless men, women and children in the us. well, i think when our nation is so divided right now, um,
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coming together and celebrating a traditional event like this is important for everyone, it's important to the volunteers who are here to see what many of our brothers and sisters are living with. this is our seventh annual. is at the midnight mission uh, we'll probably serve a couple of thousand people at this event, but at the midnight mission we serve just under million meals a year. as you see here, these people are happy, so that makes, thanks. nouruse is the essence of iranian. on the one hand, it is closely tied to nature, without nature, the iranian's biggest national festival is meaningless. on the
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other hand, people make up for a bulk of festivities, the biggest gatherings of family and friends usually happen during this time, even people.
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will finally come, no matter how harsh or cold the winter is. never give up, the new day will come and we will sing and dance together in sheer happiness.
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with endless natural attractions and is larger than 65 countries in the world. the coral beaches of regarded as the most astonishing beaches of iran in the persian gulf. regarded as one of the world's biosphere reserves, the mangrove forest of covered area of over 9,00 hectares. it is the biggest sea forest in the whole person. i have walked through many valleys, valley is much deeper and much longer than the charkuh valley, but i dare say this valley is the most beautiful one i have walked through in terms of land for.
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repressive headlines: israely forces once again attack people gathering for aid in gaza, killing at least 30 civilians as a total death toll from the regime's genocide tops 31,800. the leader of the hamas resistance movement says israel is sabotaging. fire talks by deliberately targeting police officers and government officials in gaza. as it says, israel is undermining the international court of justice by totally defying its ruling to prevent acts of genocide in gaza.