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Google doodles to celebrate Navroz

| | Mar 21, 2017, at 03:19 pm
Mountain View, Mar 21 (IBNS): Tech giant Google on Tuesday doodled to observe Navroz.

"For more than 3,000 years, people of Persian ancestry have been celebrating Nowruz, the return of spring and the start of a new year. A combination of the Persian words “now” for new and “ruz” for day, it is often celebrated at the exact moment of the vernal (spring) equinox, when the days start getting longer, and the celebrations can continue for up to two weeks.

Nowruz is a time of joyous renewal. Visits with friends and family, a clean house and new clothes, and special spring foods are traditional ways to celebrate the holiday. Perhaps the most enduring image of Nowruz is gathering together with friends and family around a bonfire. People also like to decorate with springtime flowers, like the hyacinths and tulips in today’s Doodle.

Happy Nowruz!" a statement from the company read.

Navroz or Nawroz is the Persian New Year.

It marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.


Image: Google.com
 

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