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	Learn more about Norouz in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Norouz (alternative spellings: Norooz, Noruz, Nowrouz,...) [from Persian no=new + rooz=day meaning "new day"] is the traditional Iranian festival of the New Year which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the spring.
		Norouz with its uniquely Iranian characteristics has been celebrated for at least 3,000 years and is deeply rooted in the rituals and traditions of the Zoroastrian religion.
		Iranians start preparing for the Norouz by a major springcleaning of their houses, buying new clothes to wear on the day of Norouz, buying lots of flowers for the Norouz (in particular the Hyacinth and the Tulip are popular and conspicuous in the Norouz) during the last month of winter in the Persian solar calendar.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /n/no/norouz.html (779 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Norouz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Norouz marks first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year as well as the beginning of the BahÃ¡'Ã year http://www.bahai.us/content/view/31/96/.
		Today, the festival of Norouz is celebrated in many countries that were territories of, or influenced by, the Persian Empire: Persia (Iran), Iraq, Afghanistan, parts of the middle-east, as well as in the former soviet republics of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan,Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.
		Persians, Afghans and other groups start preparing for the Norouz with a major spring-cleaning of their houses, the purchase of new clothes to wear for the new year and the purchase of flowers (in particular the hyacinth and the tulip are popular and conspicuous).
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Norouz (3109 words)

	With Spring Comes the New Year - All Empires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Norouz became mainstream during the Parthian Dynasty of Iran and later, to a greater extent, during the Sassanid Dynasty.
		Norouz ends with the end of the Sizdah bedar celebrations, the sabzeh grown for the Haft Seen (which has symbolically collected all the sickness and bad luck) is thrown into running water to exorcise the demons (divs) from the household.
		Norouz is a celebration that is both modern and ancient, pagan and monotheistic, traditional and spiritual.
	www.allempires.com /article/index.php?q=norouz (910 words)

	Norouz in the Course of History
		According to some documents, the Norouz general festival was held until the fifth day of Farvardin, and the Norouz special festival continued until the end of the month.
		Perhaps, during the first five days of Farvardin, the Norouz festival was of a public and national nature, while during the rest of the month it assumed a private and royal aspect, when the kings received the common people at the royal court.
		Norouz festival was also celebrated by the Samanid and Ghaznavid dynasties until the Mongols invaded Persia.
	www.irna.ir /occasion/norouz/eng/hist.htm (1353 words)

	BUCHAREST DAILY NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Norouz, the traditional Iranian Festival of the New Year, represents the coming of spring and the start of a new year.
		Norouz has been celebrated by the Iranian people for at least 3,000 years and is the most extravagant celebration of the year in Iran.
		Another important tradition of Norouz is setting the "Haft Seen" (the seven 'seen', 7-Seen, or the 7 items) with seven specific items, symbolically corresponding to the seven creations and the seven holy immortals which protect the people.
	www.daily-news.ro /article_detail.php?idarticle=24414 (259 words)

	Norouz \| Background
		The festival of Norouz represents a major part of the Iranian peoples’ rich culture and is one of the cornerstones of the eastern civilisations.
		This was followed by the festival of Norouz that in contrast celebrated the rebirth of nature, signifying the rebirth of life and this was a great occasion for celebration and joy.
		The details of Norouz ceremonies during the reign of the Achaemenid kings are not known, possibly because until the time of Alexander the Great foreigners were barred from attending these occasions.
	www.parstimes.com /library/norouz_back.html (433 words)

	World: Norouz Celebrations Herald Onset Of Spring
		The Norouz festival itself was forbidden, because it predates Islam.
		Norouz is a festival, too, for people throughout Central Asia, Iran, and other parts of the Middle East.
		But while this Norouz, for most, is a time to celebrate, for one community it's been declared a day of mourning.
	www.parstimes.com /news/archive/2004/rfe/norouz.html (356 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Sadda trial, Guive Mirfendereski
		Norouz also divides its celebrants: Some see in it a romantic reaffirmation of an undiluted Persian past unsullied by the influences of religion and blood of the vermin who invaded the cradle of this most high of holidays and compromised its purity, as with all else.
		Norouz is also about childhood memories, a connection which invariably produces in the celebrants regardless of age a gripping return to an earlier year, as if to seek a rationale for its present repetition.
		Norouz is also about improvisation, a paradigm that marries the necessity of ritual with the convenience of the possible -- often resulting in absurd but equally meaningful departures from the norm.
	www.iranian.com /GuiveMirfendereski/2004/March/Norouz (1451 words)

	Norouz
		Today the festival of Norouz is not only celebrated in Iran, but also in many lands that historically have been within the Persian sphere of cultural influence (i.e., lands which have been main parts of the pre-islamic Persia.)
		Iranians consider the Norouz as their greatest celebration of the year.
		On this day, people throw their Sabze (green sprouts that they grew as one of the 7-seen items) away in the nature as a symbolic act of making the nature greener.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/no/Norouz.html (689 words)

	Norouz - Persian New Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The day was called Norouz or new day and was recognized as the first day of the year.
		Norouz has proven to be the most important cultural celebration for the millions of Iranians living inside Iran as well as the diasporic population.
		Norouz lasts for 14 days, during which time people visit their relatives, starting with the eldest, their friends, and neighbors.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles/new_year.html (501 words)

	Norouz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norouz (Persian: نوروز‎ , Kurdish: Newroz, NûRoj, IPA2: Nowruz; also spelled Noe-Rooz, Nawroz, Norooz, Noruz, Novruz, Noh Ruz, Nauroz, Nav-roze, Navroz, Naw-Rúz, Nevruz or Nowrouz) is the traditional Iranian new year holiday in Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, India, Turkey, Zanzibar, Albania, various countries of Central Asia, as well as among the Kurds [1].
		Norouz marks first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year as well as the beginning of the Bahá'í year [3].
		Norouz is also celebrated by Kurds in Iraq [19] and Turkey [20].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norouz (3161 words)

	Dr. Shariati's Norouz Thoughts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Norouz, which has for long centuries been the master and most gracious of all the national ceremonies around the world, maintains its young, strong, lively existence, because it is not an imposed, an artificial or a political ceremony.
		The main prophesy of Norouz yet, is to polish the stains of sadness and hopelessness off the hearts of this nation, which has often been betrayed and even stabbed from behind, and blow the soul of jubilance in the corpse of this land and its people.
		Norouz is responsible for strengthening the ties between the present generation and all our wise ancestors in the past on the one hand, and strengthen the ties of these all with mother nature on the other hand.
	www.shariati.com /norooz.html (1775 words)

	Norouz in Kyrgyzstan
		Tehran, 26 March 2006 (CHN) -- Norouz has been celebrated for at least 3000 years and is deeply rooted in the ritual and tradition of the Zoroastrian religion.
		Today the festival of Norouz is celebrated in many countries that were territories of or influenced by the Persian Empire: Persia (Iran), Iraq, Afghanistan, parts of the Middle East, as well as in the former Soviet Republics of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.
		Norouz is celebrated in spring and is the national New Year in Kyrgyzstan.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/mar/1225.html (443 words)

	Norouz: A Celebration of Life!
		Norouz is the point when the oppressive presence of the cold Winter finally begins to retrieve with the commencement of the lively and hopeful Spring.
		Haji Firooz is the fl faced character who is the traditional herald of the Norouz season and begins to wander the streets and alleyways in his red costume weeks before the end of the year.
		On the thirteenth day of the new year, which also marks the end of the Norouz break for the school children, families leave their houses and head for the outdoors where they eat, play games, and celebrate a happy and healthy holiday season.
	www.ghasemi.info /Norouz/norouz.html (1392 words)

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		The Almighty made the whole world in Norouz, says the Borhan-e Qate' Dictionary, and it is said that the first person to inhabit the earth, Adam, was created on the same occasion.
		Norouz is New Year for Iranians and it is the time of the year when the people are happiest and in a festive mood.
		The Norouz celebration lasts for thirteen days and during the entire period most business and official functions are at a standstill.
	web.mit.edu /mehdi_a/www/norouz84/tour.htm (489 words)

	Norouz in Uzbekistan
		Tehran, 29 March 2006 (CHN) -- For all the nations spring is the time of nature revival and renovation, the period of expectations and hope for peace between people, for bumper harvest in the fields and gardens and good increase in livestock, for love and consent in family.
		From the times this holiday originated, Norouz was mainly the festival of masses and has been preserved as such up to the present days.
		On the day of Norouz, all housekeeping - including the preparation of the meal, careful cleaning of the home and the arrangement of blossoming branches from apricot, peach, almond or pomegranate trees - must be completed before rising of the morning star.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/mar/1252.html (1117 words)

	UNESCO: Short film on Norouz "insufficient" Persian Journal Latest Iran News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A film submitted by Iran to the UNESCO in a bid to have Norouz registered as an international cultural heritage event was assessed by the UN body as "insufficient," saying its jurors were after a film that would show that the festivity is annually observed in 10 nations.
		The director of the UNESCO project for cultural diversity, Marilia Bernades, said that the film submitted to UNESCO only showed Norouz celebrations in six countries while the jury requires the event to be celebrated in 10 countries to qualify for registration, a former UNESCO advisor and director-general, Ehsan Naraqi (an Iranian), quoted Bernades as saying.
		He said that the case for registration of Norouz as a global cultural event by UNESCO is the grandest in the past 60 years, but is hampered by the fact that celebrations that take place in 10 countries on this day cannot be covered in a 10-minute film.
	www.iranian.ws /iran_news/publish/printer_11269.shtml (267 words)

	:: Pendar.net : Common Heritage Festival, a Cultural Bridge bet. Nations
		Music performance from different countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan which was accompanied by Norouz citing revealed the deep influence of Persian culture, especially the tradition of Norouz in the music of the neighboring countries.
		Since Norouz was known as a religious ceremony, it was forbidden to be celebrated during the former Soviet regime.
		In addition to bringing together the countries who share the tradition of Norouz, holding of the festival in Mazandaran province had another advantage which was introducing the natural, historical and tourism attractions of this province to the participant countries.
	www.pendar.net /en/main1.asp?a_id=519 (1202 words)

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		Norouz is a national celebration and everyone knows what a national celebration is. Norouz is celebrated every year, and talked about each year again.
		The main prophesy of Norouz yet, is to polish the stains of sadness and hopelessness off the hearts of this nation, which has often been betrayed and even stabbed in the back, and blow the soul of jubilance in the corpse of this land and its people.
		Above all, Norouz strengthens the ties of oneness among the present day Iranians, who have the bitter memories of suffering the invasions of many kinds, cruelties of both insider and outsider enemies, executioners who made minarets of their heads and massacred many generations.
	web.mit.edu /mehdi_a/www/norouz84/shari.htm (1762 words)

	NoRouz Festival
		The Iranian/Persian New Year, Norouz (No-Rooz), is the first day of spring, marking the turn of a new season and an opportunity to look forward to a new beginning.
		We have chosen to use the spelling of NoRouz which we feel is the most correct phonetic way to spell the word in English.
		NoRouz means the "New Day", and refers to a new beginning, a new year.
	www.norouzfestival.org /media.html (1072 words)

	Iran Culture House, New Delhi
		Perhaps during the first five days of Farvardin, the Norouz festival was of a public and national nature, while during the end of the month it assumed a private and royal aspect, when the kings received the common people at the royal court.
		Twenty-five days before Norouz, 12 pillars made of mud and bricks were built in the courtyard ; and 12 different kinds of seeds were sown on tops of the pillars.
		On the sixth day of Norouz they picked the newly grown plants and strewed them over the floor in the court, not collecting them till the 16th of Farvardin called Mehr Day.On the first morning of Norouz, people sprinkled water on one another.
	www.iranhouseindia.com /Nowrooz.htm (1061 words)

	Norouz infoTurkish.com Herşey Hakkında Türkçe Bilgi
		Norouz (also spelled Norooz, Noruz, Nauroz, Nav-roze, Navroz, Naw-RÃºz or Nowrouz and in Persian Ù†ÙˆØ±ÙˆØ²) is the traditional Iranian festival of the New Year in the Persian calendar which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the spring.
		Iranians, Afghans and other groups start preparing for the Norouz by doing a major spring-cleaning of their houses, buying new clothes to wear for the new year and buying lots of flowers for the Norouz (in particular the hyacinth and the tulip are popular and conspicuous).
		A major tradition of Norouz is setting the "Haft Seen" (the seven 'S', seven items starting with letter S or "seen" (Ø³) in Persian alphabet), which is seven specific items on a table symbolically corresponding to the seven creations and the seven holy immortals protecting them.
	www.infoturkish.com /Turkey/Norouz.html (6037 words)

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