On Tuesday, Google Doodle celebrated the Iranian New Year Navroz or Nowroz. It is a festival that is celebrated by Parsis all across the globe. The festival marks the beginning of the spring season. The interactive artwork represents the theme with spring flowers – tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and bee orchids.
(Google Doodle is the temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages, commemorate many holidays, festivals and the lives of famous pioneers.)
Celebrating the Parsi New Year Google wrote: “As winter fades and the northern hemisphere begins to thaw, it’s time to celebrate Nowruz. Today’s Doodle highlights this ancient holiday that marks the beginning of spring. Morethan 300 million people gather around the world on this day each year to celebrate the season of rebirth.”
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The page also mentioned that, “Did you know the United Nations Recognizes Nowruz as an international holiday? That’s because families celebrate this joyful festival across the Middle East, the South Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin and Northern, Western, Central and South Asia. Happy Nowruz to all who celebrate! May your new year be filled with love, peace and renewed hope.”
The word Navroz comes from two words, ‘nav’ and ‘roz’. ‘Nav’ in Persian stands for ‘new’ while ‘Roz’ means ‘day’ that literally translates to ‘new day’ and thus, it marks the beginning of the New Year in many cultures.
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The tradition of celebrating Parsi New Year is believed to have been observed by Iranians and Zorastian for the past 3,000 years as it marks the beginning of the Iranian calendar and is celebrated till date by the Parsi community around the world with great pomp and show.
On this day people also decorate eggs to honor new life, decorate their home to prepare for a fresh start and cook special meals including spring vegetables and herbs.