Persian new year celebrated

The Persian New Year has been celebrated for 3000 years across a whole swathe of the world which used to form the ancient Persian empire.This year, the United Nations General Assembly recognised Nowruz as a national holiday. Nowruz is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea and some ethnic groups in Albania, Bosnia, Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia.Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed.[video=http://ping.fm/ELuJJ][video=http://ping.fm/Fi9GU][video=http://ping.fm/biHL1]-- Edited by *l*l*CHIEF*l*l* on Sunday 21st of March 2010 04:40:23 AM http://bit.ly/a8exAW