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 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: Millions marking Nowruz, spring festival |
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Last Updated: Thursday, 20 March 2008, 08:27 GMT
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Millions marking spring festival
By Pam O'Toole
BBC News
New Year is a popular time to eat nuts and fruit
Tens of millions of people are celebrating Nowruz, a spring festival believed to have originated thousands of years ago in ancient Persia.
Nowruz, which means new day in Farsi, marks the solar New Year and the beginning of the calendar year in Iran.
It is the country's biggest holiday of the year.
But it is celebrated across a vast region, from largely Kurdish areas of northern Iraq and Turkey, to Central Asian countries and Western China.
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In Iran, schools close down for several weeks, people buy presents and special foods, observe specific rituals, and visit friends and family.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7306131.stm
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