Persian New Year
| Nowruz نوروز |
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Table set with Haft-Seen Iranian ceremony items at a 2008White House ceremony for Nowruz
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| Also called |
Albanian: Novruzit Azerbaijani: Novruz Dari: نوروز Nauruz Georgian: ნავრუზი Navruzi Gujarati: નવરોઝ Navarōjha Kazakh: Наурыз Nawryz Kurdish: Newroz Kyrgyz: Нооруз Nooruz Ossetian: Новруз Novruz Pashto: نوروز Nawróz Tajik: Наврӯз Navrūz Tati: Nuruz Turkish: Nevruz Uzbek: Navruz Turkmen: Nevruz |
| Observed by |
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| Type | New Year, national, ethnic, international |
| Significance | New Year holiday |
| Celebrations | Haft-Seen, Charshanbe Suri, Sizdebedar, etc. |
| Date | March 20, 21, or 22 |
| 2016 date | Sunday 20 March 2016 at 04:30 UTC * |
| 2017 date | Monday 20 March 2017 at 10:29 UTC * |
| 2018 date | Tuesday 20 March 2018 at 16:15 UTC * |
| 2019 date | Wednesday 20 March 2019 at 21:58 UTC * |
| Frequency | annual |
| Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz | |
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| Country | Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan |
| Reference | 1161 |
| Region | |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2016 (4th session) |
Iran
Afghanistan
Albania
Azerbaijan
China (by Tajiks and Turkic peoples)
Georgia
India (by Parsis)
Iraq (by Kurds and Turkmens)
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Russia
Syria (by Kurds)
Tajikistan
Turkey
(by Azerbaijanis, Kurds and Yörüks)
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
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