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On Norouz, Tajik women strike two reddish brooms, collected from the mountains in the fall, outside the door when the sun has raised as much as two beams of light.
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Tehran, 27 March 2006 (CHN) -- New Year in Tajikistan is celebrated twice: one in winter, the 1st of January, and the other in spring, the 21st of March. 21st of March is called Navruz and, according to Iranian solar calendar, it marks the beginning of New Year. This holiday appeared in great antiquity and since 10th century BC it became a traditional ceremony for the people in Central and Middle Asia, the Middle and Near East.
The word Navruz in Tajik means new day. Navruz starts at day of vernal equinox, the 20th-21st of March, and coincides with awaking of nature. Navruz is a holiday of farmers, holiday of snow drops and tulips, holiday of youth period of ancient earth. That is why the day of vernal equinox is declared by UN the day of earth.
People in Tajikistan start to get ready for Navruz since the first days of March. The whole cycle of ceremonies is related to Navruz and is reflected by cares, hopes, and joys of rural workers. The preparation for Navruz starts with kids who pick up first snow drops and in the evening present blue bunch of flowers to their parents and other relatives who came back from work. Children read poems about first spring flowers, and wish their parents and relatives a good spring. They receive presents from their parents that day and start to understand that it is a pleasure to make others feel happy.
In the manner of national traditions during the holiday people arrange horse races, wrestling, and a game like polo called buzkashi in which instead of stick and ball there is a skin of goat. Students clean school environments and educational institutions, plant flowers and trees.
Norouz is also of great importance among the people of Badakhshan who consider it the national tradition of their ancestors. They consider Norouz to hold the secrets of amity and entitle the day as “Khidir Ayam” (the great holiday). People in Tajikistan and particularly in Badakhshan, perform season cleaning. According to an old tradition, the women in each house strike two reddish brooms, which have been collected from the mountains in the fall, outside the door when the sun has raised as much as two beams of light. They consider red to be bringing luck for the people. Selecting a Norouz Queen is also customary among the Tajiks during Norouz holidays.
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