Happy New Persian year 3749 (Zartoshti). NoRooz نوروزتان پیروز

Sunday, March 20, 2011
Norooz of
Year 3749 (Zartoshti)
Year 7033 (Arian Mitraee)
Year 2570 (shahanshahi)
year 1389 (khorshidi)

(("" Khojasteh Baad "")).

Norooz (Nowruz, Nevruz, Newruz, Navruz) in Persian means "New [-year]-day". It is the beginning of the year for the peoples of Iran (Greater Iran, including: Afghanistan, Arran (Republic of Azerbaijan) and Central Asian Republics).
In ancient times every year on the vernal equinox in spring, the Iranians celebrated Sal-e-No the New Year, but once in a few centuries they also celebrated No-Rooz, the NEW DAY. It was based on their knowledge that the time taken by the earth to revolve around the sun involved a fraction when calculated in terms of the earth's rotation round its axis (365.24190 days). They were aware that the 365 days a year and the extra day (leap year) once in four year would still total up in fractions. Further their calculations showed them that the vernal equinox would repeatedly coincide with sunrise at a particular longitude although once in a few centuries. Whenever this event in nature occurred in their kingdom they celebrated it as No-Rooz. By taking this event in nature as the start of the Year, in that particular year a natural adjustment would have also been made, setting the calendar to zero difference. As recorded in history on the spring equinox of 487 BCE No-Rooz was celebrated at Takth-e Jamshid -Parse or Persepolis- when the first rays of the rising sun lighted the square stone set in the central hall of the palace. For that was the place chosen on earth where the sunrise would coincide with the equinox and set the calendar to zero.

HAFT SEEN
No-Rooz as a festival is symbolically celebrated by arranging seven items on a green tablecloth. In Yazd and Kerman, where the Zarathushties were concentrated in Iran, upto the 1940's they laid seven trays, in which they put various items that were available to the family. Most of them stood either as a sign of thanks giving for its abundance in the past year or for a wish for its abundance in future. Of significance were the seven trays (Seene). Today in Iran seven items that start with the letter Sheen (Sh) or Seen (Se) are arranged. The Muslims use items starting with Seen because they cannot place wine (SHarab) on the table. In either case the items have philosophic meanings, which are not necessarily known to all the people. They do it as a tradition. Those who know the meaning may only know a version of the new philosophic meanings but not the real ancient ones. The new meanings are the ones that have been repeated over and over again to disguise the real ones and thereby making it possible to preserve the ancient Zarathushti culture and custom in Islamic Iran on a national level.

Like many other things not only was the real symbolic meaning behind the seven trays disguised but even SHeen was changed to SEen so that wine (SHarab) could be replaced by vinegar (SErkeh) and the tradition preserved. A few generations having gone by the Zarathushties of today have also lost the real ancient meaning and significance of this culture and have started believing in some version of the new philosophic meanings given to the seven items. So while scholars are busy discussing if Sheen is correct or Seen the grocery shops make a few extra bucks selling both those items.

With a view to the fact that in the near past seven trays were placed with any number of items in them, and these days we have seven items starting with Sheen or Seen, and the bas-relief's at Takht-e Jamshid (Persipolis) depict seven people from each country carrying No-Rooz gifts, shows the importance of SEVEN.

The real significance of seven was to represent the "Seven Eternal Laws" [i], which embodies the Teachings of Zarathushtra. It was a way of preserving and a reminder of the teachings of Zarathushtra.

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[abasMark]

it is amazing artwork about New Persian Year. I was wait your artwork about Norooz since last Norooz of last year and I am happy to see your new artwork of this year, so my dear and noble Persian friend Happy Norooz to you and all your dears.

Javid shahnshah Iran Areamehr

[Eleusha]

@abasMark : Thank my friend for your kindness, Happy norooz to you and all the Iranian.

it's take long time to make complex video so this year it's more simple video, I had another idea for Norooz video, which took very long time and i gave it up and made this one, I think for making good video i have to start one mount before the event.

But i am glad you liked it.

Noroozetan Peerooz.

[avza1]

Mersi (Berxudar), happy newroz (newrozo sayiya/hvathre). Xeyli hub/zaf (visi) houw.

[Eleusha]

@avza1 : happy Norooz to you too my friend.

Sepasgozaram.

[Zarathushtras]

It is so beautiful and lovely Happy Persian New Year the Nowrouz to you and your family with our best wishes.

Thank you for video sharing with us 5 stars.

[Eleusha]

@Zarathushtras : Thank you my dear frind for your kindness and i wish happy Norooz for you and your family too.

I love your video about Norooz too.

Thank you

[ThePersianGulf]

سال نو را به همهء آریایی های جهان گرفته از پارسیان، مادها، لر ها و بختیاری ها،آذری ها، بلوچ ها، شمالی ها افغانی ها، تاجیک ها ، ازبک ها، ترکمن ها، عرب های ایرانی ، هندوان و تمامی نوروز دوستان گیتی شادباش می گویم و آروزی بهروزی برایتان میکنم.عید شما مبارک و نوروزتان پیروز:)

[Persia7030]

سال 7032 آریایی میترایی پیروز و فرخنده باد

[di89meganew]

Dorood bar shoma zartoshtiha ! love you from Tajikistan !

[TheZibatarinMoosighi]

Happy new year doste aziz ..with the best music and video as usual !!...

love from Ziba

[ShirzadeganTV]

PIROUZ VA PAYANED bashid.....Hamid.

[amirzaghalamdoon]

حظه تحویل سال نو شمسی

ایران: ساعت ۰۲:۵۰:۴۵ , صبح دوشنبه ۱ فروردین ۱۳۹۰

[AzadFlower]

Beautiful song!!

[BerusAdrianParsian]

...Happy Nowrouz....

Shaad-0 Sarafraaz-Baashid

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Nowrouz , Pirouz

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