Nowruz celebrations

E120203
New Year celebration cultural festival intangible cultural heritage spring festival

Nowruz celebrations are the vibrant Persian New Year festivities marked by Tajiks and other communities with rituals of renewal, family gatherings, special foods, music, and dance to welcome the spring.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Nowruz 11
Nowruz celebrations canonical 3
Nowruz celebration 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Year celebration ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
spring festival ⓘ
associatedWith Central Asian communities ⓘ
Iranian peoples ⓘ
Persian-speaking communities ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
surface form: Tajik people

Zoroastrianism ⓘ
surface form: Zoroastrian traditions
celebrate Nowruz celebrations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nowruz
culturalOrigin Greater Iran ⓘ
surface form: Iranian cultural sphere

Persian culture ⓘ
hasTheme family unity ⓘ
good fortune ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ
rebirth of nature ⓘ
renewal ⓘ
includesActivity charitable giving ⓘ
decorating homes ⓘ
exchanging gifts ⓘ
family gatherings ⓘ
house cleaning ⓘ
music performances ⓘ
outdoor gatherings ⓘ
preparing special foods ⓘ
public festivities ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
visiting relatives and friends ⓘ
includesFood festive rice dishes ⓘ
special holiday dishes ⓘ
spring herbs ⓘ
sweets ⓘ
includesRitual lighting fires or candles ⓘ
reciting blessings and poems ⓘ
rituals of renewal ⓘ
setting festive tables ⓘ
mark Nowruz celebrations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Persian New Year

arrival of spring ⓘ
observedIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Persian diaspora communities ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
parts of Central Asia ⓘ
promote cultural identity ⓘ
intergenerational continuity ⓘ
respect for nature ⓘ
social cohesion ⓘ
recognizedAs Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
surface form: Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
timeOfYear around 20 or 21 March ⓘ
vernal equinox ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tajiks → traditionalCulture → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
Tajiks → UNESCOIntangibleHeritage → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Hazaras → culturalPractice → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz celebration
Persians → culturalHeritage → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Persians → celebrates → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Newroz spring festival → sharesTraditionWith → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian New Year
Azərbaycanlılar → culturalTradition → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Novruz celebrations
Azərbaycanlılar → religiousHoliday → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Novruz Bayramı
Baha'i Faith → hasHolyDay → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
subject surface form: Bahá'í Faith
this entity surface form: Naw-Rúz
Azərilər → traditionalHoliday → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Novruz
Afghan American → culturalPractice → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz celebration
Kyrgyz American → celebrates → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
New Year → hasVariant → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
New Year → hasVariant → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz (Persian New Year)
Persepolis → usedFor → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
Persepolis terrace → constructedFor → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
Nowruz celebrations → celebrate → Nowruz celebrations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Nowruz celebrations → mark → Nowruz celebrations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian New Year
Persian culture → majorFestival → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Persian culture → UNESCORecognition → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz (Intangible Cultural Heritage)
Jamshid → associatedWith → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Divan of Hafez → usedOnOccasion → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Yalda Night → relatedTo → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Nayrouz → distinctFrom → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Nowruz
kupkari → isTraditionallyPlayedOnOccasion → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Processional Way of Persepolis → usedFor → Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Year (Nowruz) ceremonies