Nowruz, the festival of resurrection, which is celebrated with the onset of spring in Iran and neighboring countries, goes back to 3000 BC. Nowruz, as its name implies, means a new day and new year that is considered the biggest and the most original celebration of Iranians.
Meeting relatives, friends and acquaintances is of its traditions and customs. They celebrate the first days and nights of spring by eating nuts and sweets. They wear new clothes and a handshake with each other. The elders’ gift to youngers.
Also, it is considered as the beginning of the new year in Iran and Afghanistan and is official holidays in some other countries like Tajikistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Syria, Iraq, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Albania, China, Turkey, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan and Uzbekistan and people there celebrate it too.
The region where this wonderful celebration is held involves some countries. Some Nowruz rituals differ in these countries. For example, people in Afghanistan spread a tabletop of seven fruits; but people spread the seven seen’ tabletop in Iran. Similarity and closeness between Iran and Azerbaijan are more than in other countries.
Nowruz geography by the name of Nowruz or something like that covers throughout the Middle East, Balkans, Kazakhstan, Tatarstan, west China (Turkistan of China) in central Asia, Sudan, Zanzibar, throughout the Caucasus to Astrakhan in Asia Minor and also North America, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet.
According to the suggestion of Azerbaijan, United Nations General Assembly registered the day of Nowruz with the Iranian root in its calendar.
Nowruz, March 21, is described as a celebration with Iranian roots which is over 3000 years old, and today, more than 300 million people celebrate it.