Navroz Mubarak! Google celebrates Iranian New Year with colourful flowers & bees doodle!
By Rashmi Mishra @rashmi_178
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Navroz Mubarak! India, the land of various festivals of
different religions celebrates Navroz as the Iranian New Year on March
21 every year.
The widely popular festival among Zoroastrians, Nowruz
or Navroz is celebrated globally with splendor as it marks the first day
of the Iranian New Year.
The traditional Parsi festival which is
celebrated by decorating house doors with roses and jasmine finds its
depiction in search engine Google’s idea of wishing everyone with a
beautifully coloured flowers and bees doodle on its homepage!
The celebration of Navroz happens on the fixed date of 21st
March annually as the start of spring by the Parsi Zoroastrians of South
Asian origin.
As a part of festivities and rituals, there is something
call ‘Spring cleaning’ or Khouneh Tekouni (literally means
‘shaking the house’) or ‘complete cleaning of the house’ is commonly
performed before Nowruz. The houses are well cleaned and the walls and
especially entrance of the house are painted with bright colors, while
doors are adorned with flowers especially jasmine and roses.
The family
members dress up well and visit the fire temples and pay their homage
before sitting down with near and dear ones for a hearty meal.
In India, mainly in Kashmir, Navroz has grand celebration
with Thal Bharun (meaning ‘filling the platter’) being a popular
tradition.
The reason behind the celebration of the auspicious day of
Navroz is to strengthen the ties between the Parsi community and the
brotherhood bond remains knitted. The joyous day marks the coming
together of family and friends. It is about giving love to younger ones
and being respectful to elders while exchanging greetings and gifts with
one and other.
