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La madrasa de Barak-Khan se construyó en el siglo XVI por la orden del gobernador de Tashkent Navruz Ahmadkhan - el nieto de Ulugbek. Los dignatarios consideraban a Navruz Ahmadkhan como un gobernante afortunado y por eso le dieron el apodo “Barak-Khan” o “gobernante afortunado”. Desde entonces la madrasa se llama con el apodo de su fundador. La construcción de la madrasa se realizaba en varias etapas y terminó en 1532. El edificio de la madrasa de Barak-khan se construyó enfrente del barrio-mahalla Khastimom, considerado como el centro de científicos, filósofos y conocedores del Islam. Durante más de cinco siglos la madrasa de Barak-Khan simboliza la grandeza de la historia de la ciudad. Hasta 2007 aquí se ubicaba la Administración Espiritual de los Musulmanes de Asia Central.
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La construcción de la masdrasa de Barak-Khan está relacionada con los cambios culturales y políticos que pasaron en Maverannahr a principios del siglo XVI. Si antes la gente destacada de cultura, los grandes poetas, pintores, miniaturistas, bailarines, músicos, arquitectos y filósofos preferían vivir y trabajar en Herat y sus alrededores, es decir cerca de sus clientes - Sultan Hussein Baikara y Alisher Navoi, en la primera mitad del siglo XVI la situación cambió, y las ciudades como Samarkanda, Bujara y Tashkent se convirtieron en los centros culturales. Las caravanas enteras de artistas se dirigieron a los palacios de nuevos clientes, tal vez, no tan sinceros en sus motivos, como Hussein Baykara o Navoi, pero que también trataban de estar al día y corresponder al patrón de referencia. Fue en aquel período, durante el reinado de la dinastía Sheibanida, cuando un arquitecto de la corte, cuyo nombre se desconoce, construyó la madrasa de Barak-Khan en Tashkent.
Persian dancer performing at the Nowruz Festival for new year celebration at the International Cottages in Balboa Park, San Diego.
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Nowrūz is the traditional Iranian new year holiday and marks the first day of spring.
May you have joy, blessing, prosperity, and happiness this coming year. Best Wishes.
This is my Haftsin you can see the 7 items beginning with S.
نوروز و سال نو را به همه دوستانم تبریک میگم، سال بسیار خوب و خوشی داشته باشید
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The Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz (new day), is a holiday marking the arrival of spring. The House of Iran celebrated Nowruz on 3/27/2022 in Balboa Park with food, music and dancers.
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A coleague just reminded me that today is Nauryz celebration across Middle & Central Asia, I am making a small break to post this one I took on a 22nd of March a couple of years ago. These lovely ladies were part of the early arrivers at the square that were taking part of the Nauryz celebration in this Kazakh City.
Nauryz Celebration @ Mahambet Square
About Nauryz
Nauryz is one of the oldest holidays on Earth, having been celebrated for over five thousand years by many cultures of the Middle and Central Asia. The holiday is held on 22 March, the day of the spring equinox and it celebrates the renewed life that comes with the Spring. Historically, people would clean their homes and reconcile debts on the eve of the celebration. The day of the festival was full of large feasts and mass games, traditional horse races and other competitions. Nowadays, Nauryz builds on traditions of the past by also including staged shows, ornate yurts, and delicious Nauryz-kozhe. It is also about charitable events, folk sporting games, tending of plants, planting trees, cleaning of parks, streets and squares.
Nauryz in Kazakhstan
For the Kazakh nomads, the arrival of spring was a time for great celebration. Life was hard for nomads on the Kazakh steppes, and Nauryz marked the end of the difficult winter season and the beginning of spring renewal. With spring came the beginning of a new years cycle of life, the time of year when the nomads happily said goodbye to harsh winter weather, welcomed warm weather, and rejoiced in the birthing season of their valuable livestock upon which they depended for food and their very livelihoods.
Nauryz symbolized the birth of a new years cycle of life and Kazakhs came together in their Auls to celebrate as a community. Nauryz was an Aul celebration because throughout the year, families worked together on behalf of their village. The Aul provided vital community support that kept families alive during harsh times and the Aul as a whole welcomed spring and celebrated the easier times that came with the New Year as symbolized by Nauryz.
The roots of the holiday are ancient, and it is believed that the roots of Nauryz began at least 2000 years ago, most likely in Persia. Nauryz-Meiram (Mei-rham means holiday in Kazakh) is celebrated mostly in Muslim countries, but it is not a religious holiday. Nauryz is a traditional celebration of the spring equinox celebrated today by many nations throughout Asia and Europe, including Russia, Ukraine, Japan, and China.
In modern Kazakhstan, Nauryz is truly a social event. People gather together at their main city squares, where holiday organizers erect yurts, stages, and trading tents where crafts and goods are sold. Food is cooked on open fires in huge pots, and people dress festively. Throughout the day loud music is played and national singers and dancers perform their arts. Above all, it is a time for people to spend time with their friends and family, to meet new people and to make new acquaintances.
Shot this from the backseat of a taxi, heading back to the hotel after a traditional kebab dinner (and surprisingly good local wine) at Terrassa Café in Khiva.
The streets were nearly silent—no honking, no rush: just soft night air and glowing decorations lining the road. At first glance, they looked like Christmas lights… but it's spring. These aren't for Christmas at all. In Uzbekistan, such light displays often celebrate Navruz, the Persian New Year, which marks the arrival of spring. It's one of the region's most important holidays, rooted in pre-Islamic Zoroastrian traditions and still widely celebrated with festivals, food, and music.
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Navruz (also called Noruz, Nowruz, Nowrooz, and Nawruz), the spring "New Year" holiday, has been celebrated for at least 2,500 years, and perhaps for as long as 5,000 years. Originating in Persia and long associated with the ancient Zoroastrian religion, its name means "new day" in Farsi because for ancient Persians it marked the first day of the New Year. On this day, Persian kings would have worn a crown with images of the annual solar cycle on their heads, participated in the divine mass in the Temple of Fire, and distributed generous gifts to citizens.
Today, Navruz is celebrated each year on March 21, when the sun enters the sign of Aries on the astrological calendar. In the northern hemisphere, this date frequently coincides with the spring equinox, the day on which the number of daylight hours equals the number of nighttime hours. On our modern Gregorian calendar, the spring equinox varies from March 19 to March 21. Although their calendars were different, ancient peoples followed the course of the sun and moon closely, and knew that the seasons began to change on this date. For them, it was as if the powers of light had overcome the powers of darkness, allowing the earth to awaken and life to be rekindled. Many of us have similar feelings today, even though we understand the more scientific explanation: that the northern hemisphere begins to tilt toward the sun at this date, which results in longer and warmer days.
Best wishes for those of you who celebrate.
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In harmony with rebirth of nature, the Persian New Year Celebration, or Norooz, always begins on the first day of spring, March 20th of each year. Norooz ceremonies are symbolic representations of two ancient concepts - the End and Rebirth. About 3000 years ago Persian's major religion was Zoroastrianism, named in honor of its founder Zoroaster, and arguably the world's first monotheistic religion. Zoroastrians had a festival called "Farvardgan" which lasted ten days, and took place at the end of the solar year. It appears that this was a festival of sorrow and mourning , signifying the end of life while the festival of Norooz, at the beginning of spring signified rebirth, and was a time of great joy and celebration. Norooz was officially acknowledged and named "Norooz" by mythical Persian emperor, Shah Jamshid, from Achaemenid Dynasty (500 BC).
Norooz in Persian means "New Day" and brings hope, peace and prosperity to the world and has been celebrated among people regardless of ethnic background, political views or religion in many countries around the globe.
Some of the activities during Norooz are Spring cleaning, buying new cloths, painting eggs, family reunion, giving presents, visiting neighbors and friends and celebrating by having a picnic on the 13th day of Spring. Happy Norooz!
Tajik students, as well as students from other Central Asian countries, celebrate Nowruz, the Persian new year. Photo taken on March 19, 2014 in State Pedagogical University of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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my Haft-sin :-)
Iranian New year started at 3 : 37':26" local time :-)
Haft Sîn (هفت سین) or the seven 'S's is a major tradition of Norouz. The haft sin table includes seven items specific starting with the letter S or Sîn (س) in Persian alphabet). The items symbolically correspond to seven creations and holy immortals protecting them. Originally called Haft Chin (هفت چین), the Haft Sin has evolved over time, but has kept its symbolism. Traditionally, families attempt to set as beautiful a Haft Sîn table as they can, as it is not only of traditional and spiritual value, but also noticed by visitors during Norouzi visitations and is a reflection of their good taste.
The Haft Sin items are:
•sabzeh - wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth
•samanu - a sweet pudding made from wheat germ - symbolizing affluence
•senjed - the dried fruit of the oleaster tree - symbolizing love
•sîr - garlic - symbolizing medicine
•sîb - apples, - symbolizing beauty and health
•somaq - sumac berries - symbolizing (the color of) sunrise
•serkeh - vinegar - symbolizing age and patience
Other items on the table may include:
•traditional Iranian pastries such as baghlava, toot, naan-nokhodchi
•dried nuts, berries and raisins (Aajeel)
•lit candles (enlightenment and happiness)
•a mirror (to see your reflection and recocgnize how much you have grown and developed over the previous year)
•decorated eggs, sometimes one for each member of the family (fertility)
•a bowl with goldfish (life, and the sign of Pisces which the sun is leaving)
•a bowl of water with an orange in it (the earth floating in space)
•rose water for its magical cleansing powers
•the national colours, for a patriotic touch
•a holy book (e.g., the Qur'an, Avesta, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Bible, or Torah) and/or a poetry book (almost always either the Shahnama or the Divan of Hafez)
for more check here
In occasione della festività nazionale del Navruz (primavera) donne uzbeke si recano in gruppo in visita ad una moschea di Bukhara
During the national holiday of Navruz (spring) Uzbek women go in group to visit a mosque in Bukhara
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Haji Firuz, The Herald of Iranian New-Year
The most famous among the traditional folk entertainers, who appears in the Persian streets in the days preceding Nowruz. The Haji Firuz entertains passersby by singing traditional song and dancing and playing his tambourine for a few coins. Haji Firuz blackens his face, wears very colorful clothes, usually red and always a hat that is sometimes long and cone-shaped. His songs, quite traditional in wordin and melody, are very short repetitive ditties typical of these songs is:
Haji Firuz-e / Sal-i ye ruz-e حاجی فیروزه / سالی یه روزه
Hame midunan / Manam midunam همه میدونن / منم میدونم
Eyd-e Nowruz-e / Sal-i ye ruz-e عید نوروزه / سالی یه روزه
(it's Haji Firuz / only one day a year
Everyone knows / I know as well
it is Nowruz/ It's only one day a year.)
The following song is usually sung with a traditional funny accent or a mimicking of a speech impediment:
Arbab-e khodam salamo aleykom, ارباب خودم سلام و علیکم
Arbabe khodam sareto bala kon! ارباب خودم سرتو بالا کن
Arbabe khodam be man niga kon, ارباب خودم به من نگا کن
Arbabe khodam lotfi be ma kon ارباب خودم لطفی به ما کن
Arbabe khodam boz boze qandi ارباب خودم بز بز قندی
Arbabe khodam chera nemikhandi? ارباب خودم چرا نمی خندی؟
(Greetings my very own lord,
Raise your head my lord!
Look at me, my lord!
Do me a favor, my lord!
My very own lord, the billy goat,
Why don't you smile, my Lord?)
Beshkan beshkane, beshkan! بشکن بشکنه، بشکن
man nemishkanam, beshkan! من نمیشکنم، بشکن
Inja beshkanam yar gele dare اینجا بشکنم یار گله داره
unja beshkanam yar gele dare اونجا بشکنم یار گله داره
in siahe bichare cheghadr hosele dare این سیاه بیچاره چقدر حوصله داره
(which is impossible to translate! :D)
Happyyyy Iranian New year to all my friends :)
Uzbek American Association of Chicago (UAAC) celebrated Nowruz (Navruz) Spring Holiday on March 19, 2016 in Mount Prospect IL
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Norouz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year and It is celebrated on March 21st. The term Norouz first appeared in Persian records in the second century AD, but it was also an important day during the Achaemenid times (c. 648-330 AD), where kings from different nations under Persian empire used to bring gifts to the emperor (Shahanshah) of Persia on Norouz.
Haft Sîn (هفت سین) or the seven 'S's is a major tradition of Norouz. The haft sin table includes seven items specific starting with the letter S or Sîn (س) in Persian alphabet). The items symbolically correspond to seven creations and holy immortals protecting them. Originally called Haft Chin (هفت چین), the Haft Sin has evolved over time, but has kept its symbolism. Traditionally, families attempt to set as beautiful a Haft Sîn table as they can, as it is not only of traditional and spiritual value, but also noticed by visitors during Norouzi visitations and is a reflection of their good taste.
The Haft Sin items are:
•sabzeh - wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth
•samanu - a sweet pudding made from wheat germ - symbolizing affluence
•senjed - the dried fruit of the oleaster tree - symbolizing love
•sîr - garlic - symbolizing medicine
•sîb - apples, - symbolizing beauty and health
•somaq - sumac berries - symbolizing (the color of) sunrise
•serkeh - vinegar - symbolizing age and patience
Other items on the table may include:
•traditional Iranian pastries such as baghlava, toot, naan-nokhodchi
•dried nuts, berries and raisins (Aajeel)
•lit candles (enlightenment and happiness)
•a mirror (to see your reflection and recocgnize how much you have grown and developed over the previous year)
•decorated eggs, sometimes one for each member of the family (fertility)
•a bowl with goldfish (life, and the sign of Pisces which the sun is leaving)
•a bowl of water with an orange in it (the earth floating in space)
•rose water for its magical cleansing powers
•the national colours, for a patriotic touch
•a holy book (e.g., the Qur'an, Avesta, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Bible, or Torah) and/or a poetry book (almost always either the Shahnama or the Divan of Hafez)
for more check here
Tajik students, as well as students from other Central Asian countries, celebrate Nowruz, the Persian new year. Photo taken on March 19, 2014 in State Pedagogical University of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Uzbek American Association of Chicago (UAAC) celebrated Nowruz (Navruz) Spring Holiday on March 19, 2016 in Mount Prospect IL
Navrooz (Norooz) is the Persian and Central Asian New Year, celebrated on the first day of Spring in Iran and many Central Asian countries. Often, the celebrations last for several days.
Navrooz (Norooz) is the Persian and Central Asian New Year, celebrated on the first day of Spring in Iran and many Central Asian countries. Often, the celebrations last for several days.
This family invited me in after I asked directions while lost in the old city on Navruz day.
Navrooz (Norooz) is the Persian and Central Asian New Year, celebrated on the first day of Spring in Iran and many Central Asian countries. Often, the celebrations last for several days.
Navrooz (Norooz) is the Persian and Central Asian New Year, celebrated on the first day of Spring in Iran and many Central Asian countries. Often, the celebrations last for several days. Lyabi Hauz is a city square with a large pool, which was common in medieval Bukhara. The building in the background was a ancient Sufi house of worship, but is now a restaurant.
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بر چهره گل نسیم نوروز خوش است
در صحن چمن روی دلفروز خوش است
از دی که گذشت هر چه گویی خوش نیست
خوش باش و ز دی مگو که امروز خوش است
خیام
Nowruz is Science (Infographic) To download, click on the downward arrow on the right handside, and press on "original." Print in color on US letter sized paper.