It is a day where we say good-bye to winter and begin the true rebirth of longer days, warmer nights and happier times.
Many civilizations for thousands of years have celebrated this time. In the Roman Empire, the year began on March 1, with a two-week celebration called the Kalends, and ending with the Ides.
Chinese, Japanese and other East Asians, have celebrated for thousands of years, Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which is a fifteen-day celebration starting with the second new moon after the winter solstice (late January to mid-February), marking the transition of the seasons. Rooted in ancient agricultural rituals, it honors ancestors and deities, often associated with the legend of the monster Nian, who was frightened away by red decorations, lights, and loud noises.
And beginning thousands of years ago, Nowruz, translating to "new day," is celebrated as the Persian New Year to mark the spring equinox, symbolizing rebirth, renewal and the triumph of joy over sorrow. Rooted in over 3,000 years of tradition, it signifies the start of spring and the renewal of life, celebrated by over 300 million people globally, particularly across Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Caucasus.
This year in Iran, the hope is for this time to reveal the beginning of the rebirth of an Iran, in a time before the invasion of the terrorists of the Islamic Republic, which overthrew the most westernized society ever to exist in that country. The people are longing for it; they are DEMANDING it.
It is complete with a traditional haft-seen, a belated and re-imagined Chaharshanbe Suri, the ancient Persian "Festival of Fire" and music from the Chloe Pourmorady Ensemble . Despite its Zoroastrian origins, Nowruz is now celebrated by a diverse group of people, including many Persian Jews.
In addition, the Haft-Seen (seven 'S's) is a central Persian New Year (Nowruz) tradition, featuring a table with symbolic items starting with the Persian letter "S". Representing renewal, health, and prosperity, the key items include Sabzeh (sprouts), Samanu (wheat pudding), Senjed (oleaster), Seer (garlic), Seeb (apple), Serkeh (vinegar), and Somagh (sumac).
The table remains in the home for the 13 days of the New Year celebration, with the Sabzeh typically disposed of in running, cleansing water on the 13th day (Sizdah Bedar).
Sadly, the despotic Islamic Republic has decided to exercise its latest cruelty in its desparate dying days by hanging nineteen-year-old Saleh Mohamedi, a celebrated Olympic Champion, and four other young protesters, for the contrived crime of "waging war and sin against God". Their crime? Protesting against the regime for denying them more freedoms.
Hopefully, these martyrs will be remembered as heroes, who sacrificed their lives to be the symbols of the iconic "Phoenix" to help Iran rise from the burning ashes of the criminal and inhuman miscreants of the evil and satanic Islamic Republic.
And may the "New And Reborn Iran" celebrate Nowruz Pirooz, a successful, happy, and victorious new beginning, and the triumph of light over darkness, with the final defeat of the regime after forty-seven years of untold evil.
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