The Navruz holiday in the East is celebrated on March 21 - the day of the vernal equinox, when Nature naturally wakes up, when the day is equal to the night and with each subsequent rotation wins back a few minutes in favor of light, when a new round of renewal begins and a New solar year begins.
The origins of the Navruz holiday go back to the pre-written era of human history, when the cult of the Sun was just beginning to emerge among farmers. Navruz acquired the official status of a religious holiday of Zoroastrianism in the Achaemenid Empire around 648-330 BC.
Currently, Navruz is widely celebrated as the beginning of the New Year in Iran and Afghanistan, as a public holiday in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Iraqi Kurdistan, India, Macedonia, Turkey; and also in the south of Russia: in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan.
On this day, it is customary to set a festive table and treat all friends, neighbors and everyone you meet with "New Year's" dishes, the main of which are khalisa and sumalyak (they are prepared only once a year - on Navruz). Halisa is prepared from seven types of cereals with the addition of meat, and everything is boiled to a homogeneous mass.
And sumalak is prepared from sprouted wheat grain with the addition of flour and sugar. They begin to cook these complex dishes on the eve of the holiday. All the women of a large family, community (in modern conditions of high-rise buildings - neighbors) gather at large boilers and take turns stirring the dish all night so that it does not burn on a wood fire.
Read more 🌷The Navruz holiday in the East is celebrated on March 21 - the day of the vernal equinox, when Nature naturally wakes up, when the day is equal to the night and with each subsequent rotation wins back a few minutes in favor of light, when a new round of renewal begins and a New solar year begins.
🌷The origins of the Navruz holiday go back to the pre-written era of human history, when the cult of the Sun was just beginning to emerge among farmers. Navruz acquired the official status of a religious holiday of Zoroastrianism in the Achaemenid Empire around 648-330 BC.
🌷Currently, Navruz is widely celebrated as the beginning of the New Year in Iran and Afghanistan, as a public holiday in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Iraqi Kurdistan, India, Macedonia, Turkey; and also in the south of Russia: in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan.
🌷On this day, it is customary to set a festive table and treat all friends, neighbors and everyone you meet with "New Year's" dishes, the main of which are khalisa and sumalyak (they are prepared only once a year - on Navruz). 🌺Halisa is prepared from seven types of cereals with the addition of meat, and everything is boiled to a homogeneous mass.
🌺And sumalak is prepared from sprouted wheat grain with the addition of flour and sugar. They begin to cook these complex dishes on the eve of the holiday. All the women of a large family, community (in modern conditions of high-rise buildings - neighbors) gather at large boilers and take turns stirring the dish all night so that it does not burn on a wood fire.
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