The µþ²¹³óá'à new year festival.
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Last updated 2009-09-25
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±·²¹·É-¸éú³ú (literally new day) is the µþ²¹³óá'à new year festival and falls at the spring equinox, although it has been fixed at 21st March for countries outside the Middle East. ±·²¹·É-¸éú³ú symbolises the new life of spring.
±·²¹·É-¸éú³ú is the first day of the month of Baha which is the first month in the µþ²¹³óá'à calendar.
The festival is usually observed with meetings for prayer and celebration. The celebration is often combined with a feast as the sunset before ±·²¹·É-¸éú³ú signals the end of a 19-day fast. Festivities can also include music and dancing.
Time is spent visiting friends and relatives and exchanging gifts. ±·²¹·É-¸éú³ú is one of the nine µþ²¹³óá'à holy days on which work is suspended.
±·²¹·É-¸éú³ú is an old Iranian celebration and also marks the start of the Zoroastrian new year.
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