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Nowruz, the 3,000-Year-Old Holiday the Whole World Celebrates Without Knowing Where It Came From March 21, 2026 On March 21, roughly 300 million people across the globe will celebrate the New Year. Not January 1. Not the Lunar New Year. A different one — older than both of those, older than Christianity, older than Islam, older than most of recorded history. It's called Nowruz , it falls on the exact moment of the spring equinox, and its roots are Zoroastrian. If you've never heard of it, that's part of the story. What Is Nowruz?
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Nowruz, the 3,000-Year-Old Holiday the Whole World Celebrates Without Knowing Where It Came From March 21, 2026 On March 21, roughly 300 million people across the globe will celebrate the New Year. Not January 1. Not the Lunar New Year. A different one — older than both of those, older than Christianity, older than Islam, older than most of recorded history. It's called Nowruz , it falls on the exact moment of the spring equinox, and its roots are Zoroastrian. If you've never heard of it, that's part of the story. What Is Nowruz? The word itself is Persian: Now (new) + Ruz (day). New Day. It marks the first day of the Zoroastrian calendar and has been observed continuously for at least 3,000 years, making it one of the longest-running celebrations in human history.
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