The annual 13-day festival is due to begin this week
Nowruz, the more than 3,000-year-old Iranian or Persian New Year’s festival recognised by hundreds of millions of people around the world, was featured in aThe Doodle was created by Iranian guest artist Pendar Yousefi, who called the opportunity a “dream come true” and described his design as one which both draws on his own childhood memories of Nowruz and incorporates crucial shared aspects of artistic heritage from regions that celebrate the festival, all with a “fresh, modern take”.
Originally associated with the ancient monotheistic religion Zoroastrianism – which predates both Christianity and Islam – Nowruz in the time of the Persian Empire saw the rulers of all of the empire’s subject countries summoned to bring gifts and pay homage to the king at Persepolis, the empire’s ancient capital whose ruins remain in Shiraz, Iran.
Unesco said: “The Spirit of Noon known as Rapithwina, who was considered to be driven underground by the Spirit of Winter during the cold months, was welcomed back with celebrations at noon on the day of Nowruz according to Zoroastrian tradition”.The most important tradition during Nowruz is the haft-sīn, which sees families gather to set out seven items whose names begin with the letter “sin” in Farsi and each represent renewal and rejuvenation.
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