The world day of Nowruz, which is the most cherished of all the Iranian festivals and is now recognized internationally, will celebrate by UNESCO and several diplomats from different countries across the world will participate in the event.
The ceremony will be held at the United Nations for the first time after the UN's General Assembly in 2010 recognized the International Day of Nowruz, describing it a spring festival of Persian origin which has been celebrated for over 3,000 years, , IRIB reported on Sunday.
Every year Nowruz is celebrated and observed by eleven countries including the Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Albania, Kyrgyzstan, India, Afghanistan, Macedonia, Azerbaijan Republic and Tajikistan.
The big Haft Sin (7sin) Table will set in the central building of the UN in front of the entrance of the General Assembly's large hall and the eleven countries will present their last cultural symbols in the table.
The General Assembly of the UN on Feb 18, 2010 approved a resolution and recognized the International Day of Nowruz, a spring festival of Persian origin.
IRI's permanent Representative to the UN, Mohammad Khazaei will welcome the guests and present lecture to the participants.
"Since more than 300 million people from different countries around the world including Balkan in Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus and the Middle East will attend Nowruz ceremony which is 3,000 years old," he added.
Khazaei said more than 150 scientists and researchers from the mentioned countries including Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan will present their last cultural and historical essays in the field of joint cultural heritage.
The Nowruz message of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, who traveled to Egypt and Tunisia, will read to the audiences.
Also Tajik culture minister will travel to New York and lecture to the audiences. Ambassador from ten counties will lecture briefly about their countries' civilizations.
Nowruz, "New Day", originally "New Light" is the name of the New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations and is also widely referred to as the Persian New Year.
Nowruz is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea and some groups in the Balkans.
It marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21.
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