Here & There …
Courtesy of Riccardo Zipoli
Iran, 25 Photo galleries
These days, years … it sounds almost indecent to talk about joy, but the wise PPGG keeps reminding us, we must affirm life …
… and Nowruz is a celebration of life: the beginning of a new cycle, a tribute to Nature, Earth, a homage to joy and wisdom as major forces defying Ahriman, the hostile spirits.
Nowruz is celebrated by people of various faith in different countries. Despite all the contemporary Ahrimans and subsidiaries, maybe there is still hope that we learn something from such an ancient tradition.
Around the world: “Nowruz is publicly celebrated in the Caucasus region and central Asia.
It is a colorful holiday in: Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. In Albania Sultan Nevruz is celebrated as a mainly mystical day by the Bektashi sect. … Nowruz is also celebrated by Kurds in Iraq and Turkey as well as by Parsis in India and Pakistan. Other notable celebrations take place by Iranians around the world, such as Los Angeles, Toronto, Cologne and in UK, mainly in London …”
Nowruz in Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Kurdistan
India, Holy Festival
Egypt
Turkamanistan
Čiburijada, Bosnian Nowruz
چشن ملي نوروز در شاهنامه فردوسي بزرگ
نوروز در آذربايجان
نوروز در كردستان
نوروز در افعانستان
نوروز در تاجيكستان
Pdf نوروز درقفقاز
Pdf تاريجچه جشن چهارشنبه سوري
Pdf چهارشنبه سوري در تالش
Nowruz is celebrated for 13 days. The first few days one visits older members of the family, relatives and friends. Gifts are exchanged; sweets and feasts are consumed. On the 13th people will spend a day, Sizdah Bedar out by the nature: parks, countryside, etc.
New Year marked despite growing tensions
This year nature has a hard time … read more
The Persian Mirror haftsin display, send your pictures!
Greetings from Badragheh
نق نقو: كارنامه سال
Nowruz at Answer.com
The Official site of Nowruz
Update March 2008:
نمادهاي نوروزي در فرهنگ تاجيكان
آمادگيها براي برگزاري جشن نوروز در افغانستان
Forever Under Construction 
Glad to learn about this wonderful and ancient tradition. The links are very helpful, thanks for including them.
Happy Nowruz/ New Year! And may there be joy for you during the next fortnight or so particularly, and beyond.
Great as usual. Thanks! I just wanted to say I was here and I’ll be back to read the rest.
Aeidet Mobarak 🙂
Thank you PPGG 🙂 My best wishes to you to.
The more you read the news and recent history – your recent post for instance and the next!- the more you are overwhelmed!
The cycle of nature was as good as any other pretext to have a short break!
Thanks Bijan🙂 Happy New Year to you too, I hope you had a great time with your family.
Happy New Year!
Beautiful photos.
Thanks Faramin. HNY 2U2 🙂