The Neroz celebrations are over 2,000 years old. In 2009 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The Iranians see the solutions of Neroz coinciding with the renewal of nature with the beginning of the spring of a message that has many positive meanings such as optimism, love, hope and peace.
There are many novels and legends about the origin of the Neuros and the reason for celebrating it. Numerous narratives of the origin of Neroz have been reported. The Persian legend says that a king named Jamsheed Uti had a wide authority over the jinn and mankind, and was transferred to all the kingdoms of his reign on a golden bed on the day of the sunrise in Aries.
There is another Persian novel that says that the Persian king Jamsheed, who was called "Jem", was walking in the world and when he arrived in Azerbaijan, he ordered the erection of a throne, and when he sat on it the sun shone and the light on the crown and the throne of the king. Because the beam is said in the Pahlavi "Shed" the word was added to the name of the king and became Jamsheed, and it was said that this is the origin of the celebration of this day.
The researcher in the history of Iran, Massoud Luqman, said that the origin of the Neroz dates back to the myth that talks about celebrations took place in the reign of King Jamsheed because of its dissemination of happiness and goodness and blessing, and then built the Amjad Jamsheed or the so-called "Takht Jamsheed" Standing in the city of Shiraz.
The Kurdish legend says that the king of an "unjust" named Azhadq or Ozidhaak (mentioned in the Shahnameh in the name of Dahak) was sacrificing every day a number of young people to recover from his illness and on the advice of the priests, so a young man named "Kawa mourning" accompanied by others coup against the king And set fire to the mountains to celebrate freedom and get rid of enslavement. Their celebration coincided with the sun entering Aries and the solutions of spring equinox.
The Epistak (the Bible in Zoroastrianism, also known as Avesta) states that man was created on that day. The celebration of Nueruz did not separate from Iranian culture until after Islam.
One of the most important rituals in the celebration of the Neroz to the Iranians, especially the preparation of a special table called «travel Hftt Sen», the seven-year trip to be placed on seven things start with the letter Seine "Sebze" any green.
"Company" vinegar.
We will find a date-like fruit
"Samano" is a kind of Iranian dessert.
"Sip" any apples.
"Sir" no garlic.
"Samak" is a kind of berry.
In addition, the table usually contains a mirror and a copy of the Bible with the Magi. After Islam, it was replaced by the Mus-haf and the Diwan of Hafez al-Shirazi.
Some revelers believe that the souls of their relatives come back to the earth and meet with the people on the day of his feast, so they are interested in preparing the trip and the house to honor guests from the other world.
During this day, people also celebrate playing with water as a symbol of purity and optimism of a successful agricultural season.
In celebrating the occasion, Iranians are struggling to change their furniture, buy new clothes and jewelery, and buy nuts, meat and sweets.
Another habit is the appearance of Hajj Fayrouz in the streets. He usually wears red clothes, blacks his face, and then creates popular poems.
The Turkish republics in Central Asia celebrate the celebration of the Spring of Spring, the "New Year" and "Nature Day".
