Nowruz (new day') is the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year, which begins on the spring equinox, marking the first day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian solar calendar. It is celebrated worldwide by various ethno-linguistic groups, and falls on or around March 21 of the Gregorian calendar. Nowruz falls on March 20 in 2021.
Nowruz has Iranian and Zoroastrian origins; however, it has been celebrated by diverse communities for over 3,000 years in Western Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin, the Balkans, and South Asia. It is a secular holiday for most celebrants that is enjoyed by people of several different faiths, but remains a holy day for Zoroastrians, Baháʼís, and some Muslim communities.
Akre is a city located in Zagros mountains,In the beginning of every year people gather to celebrated the famous Persian Spring Festival called Nowroz, but in this region people call it Newroz. During Newroz people wear their traditional clothes and celebrate by carrying out cheerful traditional Kurdish dances and songs.
During Newroz, hundreds of people prepare special torches.which are made from a wet tree branch wrapped in a piece of burlap with a wire and a nail.These torches are then soaked in oil from morning until evening. When the ceremony starts in the evening, remove the torch from the oil, light it, and then take it to the hilltop.These fires symbolize the passing of the dark season, winter, and arrival of the spring, the season of light.
According to a Kurdish Poet.
Without the light and the fire of Love,
Without the Designer and the power of Creator,
We are not able to reach Union.
This fire massing and washing the Heart,
My heart claim after it.
And here come Newroz and the New Year, when a such light is rising
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