of no ruse, literally meaning the new day, is a celebration of early spring, when the sun begins to regain strength and overcome winter's cold and darkness.

it's so profoundly ingrained in iranian traditions, history and cultural memory that iranian identity and nourus have mutually buttressed each other from millennia. for ancient iranians, it presented a struggle between good and evil on all planes, 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 شاخ تر به رقسا. چون یوسف اندراه آمد مصر و شکر به رقصاه.

آمد بهار جان ها ای شاخ تر به رقسا ای شاخ تربه رقسا ای شاخ تر برقسا جان پدر برقسا جان پدر برقسا ازپا سر بریدی یک بابا زر برقسا ای خوشکمر برقسا ای شاه پدر برقسا جان پدر برقسا جان پدر برفزا ازبا و سر بریدی دی پام و سر برخزا ای خدا

there is an abundance of material attributing the festival's founding to jamshid, the 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 feast day on account of the wonder which they had seen during it, and they amused themselves with swinging in order to imitate jamsheid. in 1079, the seljux sultan jalal daula malik shah established the julian style solar gear that fixes the beginning of the calendar year or nouruuse at the vernal equinox when day and night fall into balance,

شروع سال جدید ما یه تفاوت عمده ای داره با کشورهای دیگه مخصوصاً کشورهای اروپایی ما سالمونو با بهار شروع میکنیم و همه چیز این نوع شدن هم درون ما 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 برسیم. many people greet by kindling fires and jumping over them while chanting a verse on the evening of the last wensday of the year which is called suri in farsy. 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 the festival is preceded by the scrupulous cleaning of houses and their contents. here we have cleaned the windows, you have cleaned 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.

by tradition, the iranians 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 noru's day and some gifts for our family. norway is so interesting, we came here people. some cell things here like such as shoes, bags, handbags and such as this fish, today we bought some nots and fighter fishes, something for our damam because

tomorrow we're going there for a holidays, well we came here to biting, the fruits, sweets and drynuts are placed on this sofre have scene. the scene items are traditionally as follows, although some of them might be variably replaced with some other seen items: one,

sabza, that is wheat or barley and sometimes lentals grown commonly on earthenware plate as a symbol of life and freshness. two sanjet or fruit of silverberry as a symbol of love and affection three seab or apples symbolizing health and fertility for somak 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.

folk entertainers appears on the iranian streets in the days preceeding no rurus. the haji furuz entertains passers by by singing traditional songs and dancing and playing his tambarine for few coins. ارباب خودamma.

ارباب خودم بزبز قندیم ارباب خودم چرا نمی خندی ارباب خودم گلی به جماله از کجا بگم وصف به کمالت حاجی فیروزم بله سالیه روزم بله حاجی فیروزم بله مثل نیوسم بله بشکن بشکنه بشکن من نمیشکنم بشکن همه روزتان moment of the turning the year as announced in advance. in anticipation, families gather around the

half-seen table, many reciting prayers intended to impart good will to all. many also go to holy places, above all the holy shrine of imam riza in mashad to celebrate noruz.

as soon as the year turns, family members get up and kiss each other and offer their greetings. senior members give junior members their gifts, usually new banknotes. customary congratulatory exclamations are, may your nurus be happy, may health, victory and prosperity be with you this year, and many or a thousand years to come, and to the elders, may god save you for us. قشنگترین لحظه نوروز اول سال تحویله.

usually visit the graves of the departed in pray, then return home.

over the past two, three decades, during noruz, some pay tribute to the fallen of the iraqi war against iran. 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

trines or the caspian or persian gulf resorts. 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. noruz is also favorite time for weddings. the noruz festival ends on the 13th day, which is called seas. در اتمام تعطیلات دره که طبق رسم و رسوم ایرانیا از خونه میان بیرون بیشتر میان طرف سمتهای که سبز فضای باز و استفاده میکنن از طبیعت و سیمزه شونو به درد می خونه.

every family gets out, throws the zabs away 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 خوبه ترابت شادابی مردم رو میبینید که به هر حال شاد هستن خوشحال هستن که علی رغم مشکلاتی که ممکنه داشته باشن. syria and turkey. in tajikistan, particularly in the province of badakshan, nouruz is the great festival, symbolizing friendship and renovation of all

beings.

in afghanistan noruz is the official holiday and in the balk area it is also called the feast of red roses. like iranians, afghans like to be in holy places when the year turned. 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 sanction. everywhere bonfires are kind and fireworks are accompanied by music, dancing, singing and picnicking. these are sufi muslims in kosovo celebrating the beginning of spring with a traditional

dervish ritual. in fact, wherever iranian culture has gone. no ruse has gone with it. in indian controlled kashmir, for example, nouruse is celebrated with great ferver. and i'm 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, coming together and celebrating uh... 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 neruz 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. uh... as you see here, these people are happy, so that means nouruse is the essence of iranian

culture, on the one hand, it is closely tied to nature, without nature, the iranian's biggest national festival is meaningless.

and above all nouruse is about hope in the worst of times, nouruse, the new day 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.

we arrive in zanjon in our journey. we'll show you the sites and touristic places of this province. katalehor is the name of a great and beautiful cave in khudabandalu mountains. with unique and wonderful icicles, with a history of more than 30 million years. stay with us for this journey.

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