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Parsis in India will celebrate Nowruz on August 17 this year. Nowruz or Navroze, the Persian and Iranian New Year marks the first day of the spring. While Zoroastrians across the world celebrated their New Year on March 21 this year, Nowruz will be celebrated on Friday. It is because, in India and Pakistan, people follow the Shahenshahi calendar, while the Iranian calendar is followed across the world due to which the Persian New Year falls on the spring equinox. As the day approaches, we have compiled a series of messages, quotes, SMS, hat you can send your friends, family, relatives and others to celebrate Nowruz.
On Nowruz, people meet friends and family, exchange delicacies and greetings. In India, Parsis also include Iranis those who migrated. Nowruz is majorly celebrated in Balkans, Middle East, Western and Central Asia. Countries like Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Iraq celebrated it as a public holiday. Parsi New Year 2018: Date, History, Significance and Celebrations of Patti & Nowruz
In the Iranian calendar, the first month is called Farvardin and Nowruz marks the first day of Farvardin. It is also known as Jamshed-i-Nouroz, after the name of the Persian king Jamshed who introduced the Parsi calendar. Nowruz 2018: Know Why India and Pakistan Celebrates Parsi New Year in August and Not in March
Here are quotes, Facebook Status, SMSes, WhatsApp messages you can send to your dears ones celebrating Nowruz
Message reads: May you achieve success in every facets of life, and all your heartfelt wishes comes true, wishing you a Happy New Year!
Message reads: May the stars shine upon you, May the flowers fill your heart with beauty, May hope forever wipe away your tears, and above all, May this New year be wonderful!
Message reads: Naya Saal aaye banke Ujalaa, Khul jaye Aap ki Kissmat ka Taala, Hamesha Aap per rahe Meherban Upar wala, Ye hi Dua karta hai apka yeh chahne wala.
Message reads: May every day of the new year glow with new cheer and happiness for you and your family. Navroze Mubarak!
Message reads: May the coming year take you on the path to glory where all your endeavours come gloriously and your life becomes a success story. Happy Nowruz!
Message reads: Hope this Navroze brings lots of love and warmth for you and your loved ones. Do not hate anyone as we have got the life to love and not to hate others. Happy Navroze!
For the festival, Parsis clean their houses and repair or replace broken items at home. Dressed in traditional clothes they visit Agiary (fire temple) and offer prayers among things like fruits, milk, flowers and sandalwood. On the eve of New Year known as Pateti the celebrations begin. People pray for health, wealth and prosperity of their near and dear ones. They also repent for their sins and promise to refrain from any by cleansing their minds and souls.
People wear new clothes, prepare sweets and share it with their loved ones. Some of the popular faces in Hindi film industry with Parsi roots include actors John Abraham, Boman Irani, actor-filmmaker Farah Khan and television actors like Sanaya Irani, Tanaaz Irani, Bakhtiyaar Irani and Delnaaz Irani among many others. We wish everyone celebrating the festival a very Happy New Year!
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 16, 2018 04:41 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
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