Naw-Rúz /New Years Day (Baháí, Zoroastrian)

Naw-Rúz (literally new day) is the Baháí new year festival and falls at the spring equinox, although it has been fixed at 21st March for countries outside the Middle East. Naw-Rúz symbolises the new life of spring.

Naw-Rúz is the first day of the month of Baha which is the first month in the Baháí calendar.

The festival is usually observed with meetings for prayer and celebration. The celebration is often combined with a feast as the sunset before Naw-Rúz

On new years day itself families gather in new or freshly cleaned clothes. The table is decorated with items such as a mirror, holy book, fruit, cakes, coloured eggs, rose water and a candle for every child in the house. The menu consist of seven items beginning with the letter S. Time is spent visiting friends and relatives and exchanging gifts. Naw-Rúz is one of the nine Baháí

Naw-Rúz is an old Iranian celebration and also marks the start of the Zoroastrian new year. It signals the end of a 19-day fast. Festivities can also include music and dancing. 

On new years day itself families gather in new or freshly cleaned clothes. The table is decorated with items such as a mirror, holy book, fruit, cakes, coloured eggs, rose water and a candle for every child in the house. The menu consist of seven items beginning with the letter S. Time is spent visiting friends and relatives and exchanging gifts. Naw-Rúz is one of the nine Baháí holy days on which work is suspended.

Naw-Rúz is an old Iranian celebration and also marks the start of the Zoroastrian new year.