Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2009 URL: Description: Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz or Nevruz marks the New Year and the beginning of spring across a vast geographical area covering, inter alia, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan. It is celebrated on 21 March every year, a date originally determined by astronomical calculations. Novruz is associated with various local tradi