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16/08/22 09:05 AM IST

Parsi New Year 2022

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  • The Parsi New Year i.e. the festival of Navroz or Nowroz falls between July and August where ‘Nav’ in Persian stands for ‘new’ while ‘Roz’ means ‘day’ that literally translates to ‘new day’.
  • This tradition of celebrating Parsi New Year is believed to have been observed by Iranians and Zorastian for the past 3,000 years as it marks the beginning of the Iranian calendar and is celebrated till date by the Parsi community around the world with great pomp and show.
About Navroz
  • ‘Nav’= new and ‘Roz’= day, meaning ‘new day’ (in the Persian language)
  • It is celebrated in March globally (as per the Iranian calendar), Navroz arrives 200 days later in Indiaand is celebrated in the month of August as the Parsis here follow the Shahenshahi calendar which doesn’t account for leap years.
  • The Persian king Jamshed is credited with having created the Shahenshahi calendar.
  • Navroj is on the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of India.
Zoroastrianism
  • It is one of the earliest known monotheistic faiths, created over 3,500 years ago in ancient Iran by Prophet Zarathustra
  • It was the official religion of Persia from 650 BCE until the emergence of Islam in the 7th century. With the coming of Islam numerous Zoroastrians fled to India (Gujarat) and Pakistan, thus the name Parsis (‘Parsi’ is Gujarati for Persian).
  • India has one of the largest single groups of Parsis (currently about 61000) in India. The world population is estimated at 2.6 million Zoroastrians.
  • In India, Parsis are one of the notified minority communities.
Source- Hindustan Times 

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