جشن نوروز، بزرگترین عید ملّی ایران فرخنده باد.
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The Encyclopædia Iranica, NOWRUZ:
i. In the Pre-Islamic Period
Nowruz, “New Day”, is the holiest and most joyful festival of the Zoroastrian year. It is also its focal point, to which all other high holy days relate. Its celebration has two strands, the religious and the secular, both of which have plainly evolved considerably over many centuries, the one with extension
of observances, the other with accumulation
of charming and poetic customs, most of them special to it. more
ii. IN THE ISLAMIC PERIOD
Introduction. The Islamic conquest altered many Iranian traditions specifically associated with national ideology, imperial institutions, and Zoroastrian rituals. Although Nowruz was an established symbol of these three aspects, it did survive while less significant festivals were eclipsed by their Islamic rivals and gradually became abandoned by indifferent Mongol and Turkish rulers or hostile clerical authorities during Safavid
and Qajar periods. more
iii. IN THE IRANIAN CALENDAR
The day Hormoz (the first day of any Persian month) of the month of Farvardin is the New Year day in the Persian calendar; at present it coincides with the day of the vernal equinox (the day on which the Sun enters the first degree of Aries). more
MIR-E NOWRUZI
(lit. “The prince of the New Year festivities”) or Padešāh-e nowruz (lit. “The king of the New Year festivities”), the carnivalesque ritual of electing a commoner to rule for a period of one to five days over the country; it belongs to the traditional Nowruz festival (cf. Dehḵodā, “Mir-e nowruzi” s.v. Nowruzi). more
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