Nowruz: How 300m people celebrate Persian New Year - BBC News

About 300 million people across the world will celebrate Persian New Year - or Nowruz - on Thursday.
The 3,000-year-old festival begins on the first day of the year in the Iranian calendar, and is also a celebration of Spring.
People in countries including Iran, Tajikistan, Turkey and Iraq will be welcoming the start of the year 1398, explains the BBC's Samar Salekipour.
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[@kingscrown1999]

Nowruz Mubarak to everyone celebrating from Iran 🇦🇫🇦🇱🇦🇿🇮🇶🇮🇷🇰🇿🇹🇯🇹🇷🇹🇲🇺🇿

[@mehrdad7144]

No iraq no albania

[@kingscrown1999]

@@mehrdad7144 Kurds, Iraqi Turkmens, and some Arabs celebrate it too aswell of some Albanians

[@mehrdad7144]

@@kingscrown1999 arab lol

[@hananfalhan3358]

Arman Ali western pakistan?

[@sindhwarriorscricketclubku878]

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[@musawiniaz4984]

this is Afghanistan New Years we call nawroz loving so much Specially in Mazar-e Sharif ♥️🇦🇫

[@NilofarPanah]

🇦🇫❤️

[@bereal796]

You forgot to mention Afghanistan yesterday was our year day too

[@СанаАфган]

Yeah but not all Afghans celebrate persian new year.

[@madinamarshall5194]

They celebrate it in their own way so does every other county mentioned and that is in their own special cultural way.

[@Mujahid10621]

Сапна Афган exactly no Muslim should celebrate this nonsense day

[@infinite_days5016]

Don’t let the British divide us Afghanistan Tajikistan Iran is one nation 😭 😭 😭

[@eatinsomtin9984]

@@СанаАфган maby 1 percent dont

[@shaynemurray5013]

Awesome culture, awesome people- Happy New year! I have been fortunate enough to be in Iran to celebrate Nowruz- amazing atmosphere and experience. Wishing all a prosperous new year!

[@kazakhdoge1822]

Happy Nowruz everybody!

[@greenscarab2]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kamnan1384]

Nowruz ❤❤❤

[@zaychu9441]

Afghanistan... you forgot lol

[@cookiecat2168]

This is really nice finally something on the news that is not sad or about politics

[@osas5211]

TheMetalGuy852 that’s the nature of things, totally normal

[@osas5211]

Chocolate Loco give it a minute

[@joebowden4065]

TheMetalGuy852 taking over how’s that then?

[@meyou9338]

@TheMetalGuy852 how?

[@JasonVoorheeTalkShow]

@TheMetalGuy852 the presence of one culture is not the erasure of another’s.

[@gabrielwiharjatjoanda4506]

it is celebrated by: Persians, Azeris, Kurds, Pashtuns, Turkmens, Balochis, Uzbeks, Karakalpaks, Tajiks, Kyrgyz, Kazakhs, Uyghurs and more!

[@royasalehzai5873]

I dont understand why its called "persian" new year - persian is branch of iranic which includes kurds, balochs, pashtuns who all mainly celebrate it. so why dont they call it iranic new year "??

[@navidnamju]

+ Lurs

[@reaperoftheyeari4481]

@@royasalehzai5873 its the Iranian new year but westerners call it Persian new year cuz most of them don't know know the difference between Persian and Iranian and they think that Persian is a nationality

[@alirezanorozi6602]

@@royasalehzai5873 Because the origin of this celebration is in the Achaemenid rule for 2500 years ago, a government that started from the Persian people

[@arcane1282]

And afghans.

[@thegreatkhorasanzameen5380]

you named Russia, Tajikistan, India, Turkey and Iraq, but what about Afghanistan?.

[@Ggggggggg631]

the great khorasan yeah because they hate Afghanistan and this is bbc. Haven’t you seen bbc Persian when they provide reportage from Afghanistan, it’s mainly from Hazara people in order to distant Afghanistan from being a Persian nation ? They have highjacked both the words Iran and Persia to monopolize its heritage and they’ve been quite successful ! While we all know that Persia without Afghanistan is just not Persia.

[@NOTINUSE-nm1zj]

eh eh THANKYOU FINALLY SOMEONE DARES TO SPEAK THE TRUTH!!🌹😂😂

[@bobsvagene3021]

@@Ggggggggg631 yes. The british are trying to divide Persians in Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan.

[@sartajbek4053]

Happy nowruz Afghanistan 🌿

[@husseinfarjami8594]

@@Ggggggggg631 it's not mainly from hazara people, u r absolutely wrong

[@ziconghuang7139]

Persian people are so beautiful ! Happy New year

[@maryalvani3878]

Haha, thank you!

[@osas5211]

froggy ummm okay

[@osas5211]

黄梓聪 indeed they are and so are Chinese

[@proudpersianlady917]

@@froggyy another moran jealouse loooool 💩

[@Ghazalwluv]

@@froggyy who cares about races in today's world apart from that i wish you knew that scientist had done a research and they found out theres no such thing as real aryans anymore so stop being ignorant and racist smh

[@afgpielover]

India? Bruh, you forgot Afghanistan!!!

[@72amrendrakumar33]

Nauroz is celebrated mostly by Zoroastrians from Persia. Many live here in Mumbai,Gujrat, and delhi in Large numbers and celebrate it that's why

[@afgpielover]

@@72amrendrakumar33 huh, that makes sense. The more you know.

[@UndisputedGH05T]

@@72amrendrakumar33 they still forgot afghanistan though, that's a lot of people!

[@mazet3196]

Zacky Mohmand I know it’s freaking bbc fake news

[@discreet7867]

Exactly, and Pakistan...

[@ASelenophile]

And afghanistan 😑 You dropped it. It's really ridiculous to ignore one of the biggest persian countries.

[@koshanfn3322]

Lunar Moon ikr

[@morsali611]

Even BBC can’t get their facts straight 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@mazet3196]

Lunar Moon it’s bbc they’re dumb af don’t believe them

[@mayena]

Don't you mean Indo-Iranian?.

[@sonm4946]

@@mayena not they meant persian

[@Shohrukh-Qayumov]

Nowrooz Mubarak from Tajikistan 🇹🇯 😍🤗🥳🤩🌹🌷💞

[@Shohrukh-Qayumov]

Hissam Ullah Thanks a lot ☺️🥰

[@Shohrukh-Qayumov]

Hissam Ullah Nowruz Mubarak from Tajikistan 🇹🇯 to all Pakistan 🇵🇰 in return 🌹🌺🌸🌷

[@mh7135]

@@Shohrukh-Qayumov Happy nowruz to you and your family from esfahan - Iran nowruz bar shoma va khanevade shoma mobark az esfahan

[@mh7135]

@Hissam Ullah Happy nowruz to you and family from Iran - Esfahan :)

[@Shohrukh-Qayumov]

Son of Mountain Thanks for the warm feeling

[@naysanazadilived]

Nawrooz is new year in Afghanistan happy nawrooz to everyone

[@farshid007]

Happy new year!

[@kingnole4237]

Feel sad for Afganistan

[@bobsvagene3021]

Hello to all Persians around the world. From Iran to Afghanistan and Tajikistan etc ..

[@nargesmohamadi6123]

Noyruz is at what time

[@Luvlymandy2]

@@nargesmohamadi6123 around March 21st or 20st

[@lll2282]

U missed out India 🇮🇳 that has highest number of zorasters in the world even more than Iran

[@agostocobain2729]

@@lll2282Facts! ❤️ to the REAL Aryans 🇮🇷 and 🇮🇳 ❤️ to you from Iran

[@starlight7499]

Happy Nowruz . happy New year. What a great ancient calendar we Iranians have, thanks to our genius old mathematicians and astronomers .🇮🇷♥️🇮🇷♥️🇮🇷♥️🇮🇷♥️🇮🇷♥️🇮🇷♥️🇮🇷♥️🇮🇷♥️

[@sajjadalizaki8930]

Morteza Akrami the great Omar Khayyam

[@suldaansiciid1899]

As a Somali we celebrate this exculusive northern Somalia or somaliland nayruus is Eid I do.nt know where he come from

[@soldier4007]

We as Persians of afghanistan(khurasan) celebrate nowruz too 🙂 long live Great persia زنده باد ایران بزرگ زنده باد خراسان زنده باد آریانا

[@MrRK0121]

Go to iran then.

[@soldier4007]

@@MrRK0121 :))) our land is khursan , UK named it afghanistan and draw the borders , Iran-Tajikestan-Khursan :) we are always united, before pashtuons came to Khursan , it was our land and now is too so if you are a pashtuoon , the immigrants of sulaiman mountain, leave Khurasan :)

[@MrRK0121]

@@soldier4007 yes i am pashtun and pashtunistan is part of afghanistan. Pashtuns now control afghanistan and if you love iran go and live there and follow their traditions.

[@MrRK0121]

@@soldier4007 pashtuns also united khorosan look at durrani islamic empire. 😊

[@mrsss3264]

Love you khorasani brothers from iran

[@MtBArN]

Proud to be Persian, Happy Nowruz!

[@MtBArN]

@@mansakarimi Why?

[@CompCode-Central]

@@MtBArN she is typical arab

[@harshvardhanborgohain1781]

@@mansakarimi typical converted pakistani 😂 Where is your hijab?

[@bidarvandi]

ur name is hebrew and isreal has pr with iran&co also hate is output of war .sorry for the mankind stupidity

[@shah4318]

@@harshvardhanborgohain1781 pakistani converted indians to islam . remember the name ghaznavi .

[@AR-qj4el]

I’m an Iranian and was completely surprised that you mentioned Russia and India but didn’t say anything about Afghanistan and Kurdistan, which share the same history and culture with Iran. That’s why many Iranians don’t watch BBC Persian these days and call it Ayatollah BBC :-) for its biased news and ignorant reporters.

[@АрайлымОмирбековна]

We are in Kazakhstan also celebrating Nowruz from the ancient time. It is one of the most important dates in our country.

[@masnoor7486]

Well, perhaps this is the moment you realise you’re the only ignorant one on this thread - why? Because you just admit any you were ignorant to the fact that Russia and India were mentioned, but other nations and regions were not. So instead of praising the educational value of this quirky clip, you, in your true negatively Iranian spirit decide to berate an organisation for teaching you something you didn’t know.

[@user-rt2so9hu5h]

Navruz muborak from Tajikistan 🇹🇯,. Har ruzaton navruz bod, Navruzaton piruz bod !

[@mh7135]

nowruz bar shoma va khanevade mubarak aziz jan az esfahan - Iran

[@shokhrukhdzhalolov5428]

MH 71 🇮🇷 🇹🇯 🤗

[@mh7135]

@@shokhrukhdzhalolov5428 ❤🌹

[@mesocelik2411]

Newroz a te pirozbe From Kurdistan...

[@Ariana-wn6nd]

ایران⁦🇮🇷⁩ افغانستان خراسان⁦🇦🇫⁩ تاجیکستان⁦🇹🇯⁩ یک خون یک دین یک دل و یک تن. Iran 🇮🇷 Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Tajikistan 🇹🇯 the great Empire of the Persians!

[@hananfalhan3358]

Ariana آریانا also western pakistan 🇵🇰

[@moonlightbunny7590]

سلام

[@meyou9338]

@@hananfalhan3358 ye, since it's people and lands belonged to afghans and iranis, but not the other half, even pashtuns themselves have been mixed with other pakistanis now, and not large number of them celebrate nurooz

[@aborginalsingh]

Persian festival , indian festival holi ,both spring festival.. on same day. Happy nauroz and holi.

[@nomesa7374]

Is "holi" the influence of Persian/Iranian culture on India?

[@EmanuelMonte99]

BBC British bullshit chanel why dont talk about us and british sanction???

[@neelakhadizah849]

Also our Bengali new years

[@munirfrehmand6784]

we persian and indian people r the same root(hindo europian)

[@aborginalsingh]

@@nomesa7374 nauroj was introduced by balban in 1200 , indian celebrate Holi god knows from when. Yes we have link with Persian / jorastrian from 6000 years ago. We have found evidence of trade .

[@pamirbadakhshan9934]

On behalf of BBC, I apologize to our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan 🇦🇫 I’m from Tajikistan 🇹🇯. Afghanistan Sarzamine Zardosht, Rumi, Naser Khosrow, Rostam Sohrab etc har kas ke az tarikhe fars khabar dara, naboyad Afghanistana faramush kard. Pamir Badakhshan mountains (Tajikistan 🇹🇯 ) From the roof of the world - Nawruz muborak ! And special Salam to our people in Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and Iran 🇮🇷 , ba umedi piruzi.

[@meyou9338]

love, to all our tajik and afghan brothers from iran

[@miladsabori5885]

Tashakor az en Comment zebayat aziz brother ❤️

[@someonethereQ]

hamesheh be yadetoonim ❤

[@amitshah3586]

Happy new year to those of Persian decent and culture! :)

[@kurdistanimn7794]

As a kurdish we are celebrates the same way too, newroz bekher 🔥🔥🔥

[@kurdistanimn7794]

@Delaram Salmassi newroz piroz too, kurdish are none Arabic none Turkish none Persian they are from Kurdistane but because it's divided between those country some one don't know that. Thanks.

[@si.3107]

Kurds are a persian folk sorry go lesson your history. And do not worry we (Turks) do not want to be related to you

[@LL-ic5oi]

Sibel So we look different and we don’t speak farsi so stop marking wrong statements

[@ucanat625]

@@si.3107 Are you sure? Turkish nationalists for many years said Kurds are mountainous Turks. But WE didn't accept. Ümit Özdağ, one of the most famous Turkish nationalists, is still saying that the Kurds are Turkic people, they came from Central Asia like us. We aren't Persian. We are Iranic folk. Uzbeks are not Kazakh but they are Turkic. Persian people and Kurds are Iranic people. Kurdish is Northwest Iranic language, Persian Southwest İranian language.

[@ucanat625]

@@si.3107 www.ulkucudunya.com/index.php?page=kitap-icerik-detay&kod=70

[@denisemuslimova2608]

Im so sorry but u forgot to mention Uzbekistan🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿

[@denisemuslimova2608]

@Music_Classic BO thats a wonderful idea!!! Welcome!

[@mh7135]

@@denisemuslimova2608 happy Nowruz to you and your family . kiss you from Iran :)

[@hashemhosseinpour9509]

Happy nowroz bro from IRAN

[@saurabhgandigude1219]

Persians have great history and culture 🇮🇳🇮🇷

[@nahuelrios5236]

what

[@Jalalerdintirdadi]

🇮🇳❌🇮🇷

[@barnitamakhal8206]

Nowruz is a celebration in Zoroastrianism, once flourished in the great civilization of Persia.

[@Plausiblelove]

and then islamic invaders ruined everything

[@jolfc9602]

@@Plausiblelove yet it were still celebrated when Islam was there. Can't say the same thing about the crusaders who destroyed and maimed all other cultures and religious buildings. It's either convert or die!.

[@linkofvev]

@@jolfc9602 Christians appropriated Pagan celebrations and formed what we now know as Christmas. Most of Christianity is just stolen from other cultural myths and legends.

[@kadafi4lyf]

@Hissam Ullah so why can't they publicly celebrate nowruz in Iran?

[@husseinalfatimy5079]

@@kadafi4lyf you just came out of your ignorance cave didnt you ?

[@pax4370]

Love to our persian brothers. Love from India. Its good to see that though you took Islam, you havent changed or forgotten your traditions, culture n therefore past. On this day throughout India we celebrate Doljatra n the next day we celebrate Holi, the festival of colours. We have a lot of fun.

[@pax4370]

@H Kay if u say so...

[@nomesa7374]

@@pax4370 "Its good to see that though you took Islam, you havent changed or forgotten your traditions, culture n therefore past.": Exactly. We did modify Islam through Sufism, to Persianize it. Sufism is an Iranian traditions rooted in Zarathustra and Mani's teachings and Mithraism philosophy.

[@sanjidaahmed7981]

No one changes their culture for Islam.. Because Islam is just a religion.

[@meyou9338]

Wth, what does that have to do with religion?

[@desitraveller4282]

@@sanjidaahmed7981 😂😄 Islam is just a religion? You can be proud of your culture without portraying religion as something which is inferior.

[@aniksinha6409]

Our Zoroastrian community also celebrate this

[@priyeshbagade6610]

@Masoud Jamshidnajad yes and those all countries now celebrating nowruz are persians and zoroastrians by religion but now they becomes muslims so sad its great if they go back to their roots they are islamised but dont let their culture and traditions to die its really great thing about them

[@tedtalker101]

Zoroastrian belongs to india so it is indian festival

[@farismustafa5389]

@@tedtalker101 no it started in Iran

[@kishandubey7882]

​@@farismustafa5389But, majority of Zoroastrians in the world live in India today !

[@nsfoodles8902]

@@priyeshbagade6610 what is your problem if someone practice Islam..Just shut up...Nowruz is nothing to do with religion it's about culture. Everyone around the world celebrate Happy New year in January And 31st December ..does it mean everyone is Christian. Now I understand how you guys behave with Indian Muslims ....I feel so sorry for them how you guys make them feel for practicing Islam.

[@samimqasimi91]

First people in Afghanistan also celebrate this day and you did not mention them, although you showed a photo from Afghanistan. Second this is not called Iranian calendar but everyone calls it Persian calendar. Do not take everything to your own country at least not in BBC

[@theq7957]

I agree with that!

[@mehrdad7144]

Lol

[@husseinfarjami8594]

U r right

[@rosariovega8687]

A nice celebration which is not about God or religion, but about the hope that comes with Spring and the good times to follow in the new year! ❤️❤️

[@johneli495]

gods and goddesses spoil everything

[@watermelonlalala]

BS globalist holiday.

[@Праведныймиротворец]

That's a lie, the tradition comes from pagan Zoroastrian religion, they used to worship the sun.

[@watermelonlalala]

@@Праведныймиротворец It's BS when the globalists get through with it. People claim it was originally seven "SH" items but one of those was wine, so the Arabs redid it to "S" items. Vinegar, fish and coins are said to be newer additions. Note the greens would appear to be a garden of Tammuz, a god of Sumer and Babylon.

[@suzvalentino1901]

Without Allah [God] there wouldn't be a Spring.

[@sonusinghmar3301]

Iranians are still preserving their ancient culture. According to panchank(indian calendar) also new year start at end of March or beginning of April.

[@debbiemarquis3231]

Our Hindus celebrate Pagwa where I'm from...

[@gayboy1376]

It is not only celebrated by lranian but also in other musIim countries in Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia which was influenced by persia in medieval times.

[@petergriff7624]

Also economic year April to March

[@froggyy]

Yes bring back the cast system .

[@AlanWattResistance]

When us English try to preserve our ancient culture they call us racist.

[@zarokenroje3022]

NEWROZ PÎROZ BE !! BIJÎ KURDÎSTAN ❤️🌞💚 NEWROZ KURDÎYE 🔥

[@mesocelik2411]

Newroz a te pirozbe

[@notatroll78]

nowruz is iranic it does not belong to one group of people

[@Alrza.H]

Kurdish people are Iranian But nowroz is Persian 🇮🇷

[@kurdishboy1565]

Happy New Year to me from Kurdistanنەوروز وە پیروزبیت نوروز مبارک

[@virferind7946]

I'm a Hindu from India; I would love to celebrate nowroz with my Parsi brothers. Happy Nowroz brothers.❤

[@hassanalisharif471]

im a mislim from iran i like my hindu brothers happy nowroz to you and all of your family gad pless you

[@abdulgaffarchowdhury5255]

@Snow Falls look who is talking about minorities 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 brainwashed hypocrite !! Fake news khake pet thuusss

[@kishandubey7882]

​@@hassanalisharif471We are the inheriters of the great Arya !

[@bullinvestor2696]

😂​@@kishandubey7882

[@orbbirb]

Novruz Mübarək! Im from Azerbaijan but Novruz Mubarak to 🇦🇿🇹🇷🇦🇫🇮🇷🇰🇿🇹🇲🇮🇳🇮🇶

[@bennyvanilly]

Nowruz is an Iranian festival. If you call yourself a Turk, you have nothing to do with Nowruz.

[@orbbirb]

@@bennyvanilly People like you start wars in comments about ethnic groups, but educated people will understand that Azerbaijanis are not fully Turkic like those "Turan UnionYT" says....Actually we are a mix of Persian and Turkish and thats all so please think twice before writing something.

[@orbbirb]

@@bennyvanilly And Nowruz derived from Zoroastrinism which was a big religion in Azerbaijan since we were controlled by Persia lots of times.

[@orbbirb]

@@bennyvanilly And i dont really call myself a "Turan smth" or with those weird alphhabet Turkic stuff.

[@orbbirb]

⁠@@bennyvanillyand at 0:34 you can see a Azerbaijani flag there and it is a place in Azerbaijan and we have been celebrating since ever.

[@Sufian95]

Oh it's also Holi. Happy holi to everyone.

[@pankajkumar6909]

Bro can u tell me why nawruz is celebrated by Persian and Shia Muslims

[@Sufian95]

@@pankajkumar6909 Because Iranians and Shia Muslims (which both have persian and indian/balochi origins) have ancient links with Sanatan Dharm. Iranians are our brothers, we can trust them.

[@mhsa4895]

@@pankajkumar6909 Iranians care about their ancient celebration and Persian people invented persian calendar why wouldn't we celebrate the thing we invented ourselves? Is nowroz even about religion?please take a look at inside of Iran, After all these years of being Muslim we still have Zoroaster's quotes on our walls and we love our culture.

[@nomesa7374]

@@Sufian95 "which both have persian and indian/balochi origins)": Wrong. I would say, India and Indian culture have Iranian origin. ;)

[@Sufian95]

@@nomesa7374 we are all the same as long as we don't fight. No need for tags.

[@basitali9583]

Happy Nowruz to all persian brothers and sisters from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@kimkim-ng7wb]

From terroristan.

[@AnonYmous-zt6kr]

@@kimkim-ng7wb from street shitting Hindustan

[@mh7135]

Thank you brother . happy Nowruz to you and your family too . kiss you from Iran

[@nadiam.k2601]

@Music_Classic BO yeah I know Indians are

[@hassanalisharif471]

@@AnonYmous-zt6kr happy nowruz to all our brother and sister in pakistan love from iran to pakistan

[@DonDavidTv]

What about Afghanistan???? we celebrate it more or equal to others! Iraq, turkey??? Maybe minorities do but in Afghanistan or among Afghans we all celebrate it. Get your knowledge up before you talk please.

[@satsmos9460]

For Kurdish people is Newton the biggest holiday .. even celebrating with a huge fire ..

[@medianempire2601]

Happy newroz from Kurdistan💚❤💛

[@medianempire2601]

Delaram Salmassi I am kurdish syria

[@alikhanmoazzam]

Nowruz Mubarak to all Pakistanis in Gilgitbaltistan and Parsi & Hazara communities in Quetta & Karachi . while Happy Holi to all Pakistani Hindues .

[@hasan_basra_iraq]

My respect to all Persian people everywhere iran and tajikstan from iraq 🇮🇶🇮🇷🇹🇯

[@fatemaq363]

You forgot Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[@uvu1029]

@@fatemaq363 Afghanistan is in South Asia, an Indian country, like the rest of South Asia, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives

[@soldier4007]

thanks

[@rayanzelms9453]

As an Iranian, I'm REALLY offended that you didn't mention Afganistan .... anyways my whole heart for Afghanistan.❤️❤️❤️

[@meyou9338]

agree, afghanistan is one the main countries that celebrate nurooz

[@Dead.scream]

Maybe don’t blow up so next time they say afghanistan too

[@meyou9338]

@@Dead.scream you really are a coward 😏

[@Dead.scream]

@@meyou9338 said a ..... entehariiiii

[@meyou9338]

@@Dead.scream Entehari to, madaret, padaret, wa mardomet, ahmaq e kawdan

[@mazet3196]

Afghanistan Has A Big Role Celebrating Nowruz Too *You Forgot Afghanistan*

[@kintama4257]

To people wo said words like kurds celebrate so its not persian: Other races from the same region or same culture(indians) celebrating it doesnt change the fact that its a persian festival Cause American speaks english doesnt make a language any less english and its just the same

[@AKBAIANI]

This video mentions India & Russia celebrating Nowruz, but leaves out Afghanistan. Where it is the county’s official New Year as well.

[@ninaahmadvand3523]

Because BBC has one mission : to divide the people in that region .

[@AliGamingTubeHD]

BBC: *shows video from Afghanistan* But proceeds to say it's Iran...

[@persianguy826]

Tajikistan Kurdisan Iran and Afghanistan

[@nara4123]

What about Azerbaijan 🇦🇿...it’s celebrated there too!

[@ashwinzaveri7189]

Persian is greatest civilization of middle East,Gulf and central Asia in last 3000 years ,it promoted peace,honesty and live and let live principle .

[@proudpersianlady917]

😍

[@sorenakmi8345]

persian gulf

[@i_deeyad7249]

The 13th day is always the best because we go to the park (I'm Kurdish)

[@proudpersianlady917]

My kurdish friend used to tell me u celebrate for 5 days and go out in day 5 . Im surprised 🤔

[@grusomelove7878]

Happy Nowruz from India. 🇮🇷🇮🇳

[@meyou9338]

iran is not the only country that celebrates nurooz buddy

[@hassanalisharif471]

iran love india so much

[@meyou9338]

@@hassanalisharif471 haha

[@pusspussmckitten]

Not going to lie, 13 Days of celebrating 🎉 sounds good to me!

[@AutoSia]

Only in IRAN😔

[@الاتجاهالعاکس]

Kurdish celebrat

[@mehrdad7144]

@@الاتجاهالعاکس lol

[@proudpersianlady917]

@@الاتجاهالعاکس looooooooools

[@UndisputedGH05T]

@@الاتجاهالعاکس lolololololololololololololololol

[@faisalbashiri6913]

its very odd that they barely mentioned about Afghanistan, where Nowruz is one of the main national celebrations in Afghanistan, and the people welcomes for the thousands of years.

[@ancientminds199]

We... In South India celebrate similar festival named 'Ugadi'

[@zero-tv7lr]

We nepali also celebrate this things called navaratri and surprisingly our new year also 14thapril

[@darkarmoured1287]

İts also celebrated in Azerbaijan!

[@dream88..48]

Happy NOWROZ to all Persians especially Iranians from Pakistan......

[@Armannortheast]

You forgot Afghanistan

[@asmitapok]

Nepali new year also starting from April 14...

[@themask1343]

In India we call it Hindu Calendar & it starts on the same day as your .Have a great new year in advance 😇

[@greaterbharat4175]

Hindu new year ? I am right?

[@giantbros2546]

Surprisingly Bangla New year also start from April 14

[@mnraihan]

happy nawruz سال نو مبارک باشه و از هند

[@mh7135]

ईरान से धन्यवाद :)

[@mnraihan]

आपको भी धन्यवाद ।नवरोज मुबारक

[@shahnashafi711]

♥♥ Happpy persian newyear♥♥♥☺ From 🇮🇳

[@shukran526]

Happy Newroz to Iranian Tribes(Kurds,Persian,Balochs,Pashtuns...) and All Humanity ☀️

[@aneeshbabu1862]

It's a actually a zoroastrian Festival.. celebrated by the followers of zoroastrianism.

[@aneeshbabu1862]

@Mustö Han Ok... Sorry I don't know that 😀. Thanks for your information

[@maryalvani3878]

@@aneeshbabu1862 You're not wrong. It is a main festival for Zoroastrians as well who are the oldest monotheistic religion in ancient Iran. It's just mostly common for Persian/Iranians to celebrate it the most, as it's originated from there.

[@mrsss3264]

Its not about religion. Its persian new year in islamic and zoroastrian persia

[@maryalvani3878]

@@mrsss3264 Yes thank you. Some people aren't PERSIAN, and don't understand anything about being Persian WHATSOEVER.

[@mehrdad7144]

@@aneeshbabu1862 lol

[@enkay.1209]

Many cultures celebrate spring equinox during late March-early April...very beautiful and ancient tradition 🌷🌞🎉

[@neelakhadizah849]

In Bangladesh we celebrate new years in April

[@PersianBenji16]

Nowrooz is celebrated in Iran and former Iranian lands

[@vikvik9573]

LOVE FROM ROMANIA❤️ NOWRUZ MUBARAK❤️❤️❤️

[@soulpriestess1953]

Novroz is also celebrated in some regions of Pakistan, especially northern Pakistan. Novroz Mubarak to all.

[@hamzamehmood1976]

Also celebrated in Afganistan, central asia and Pakistan. Its a regional and cultural thing

[@pleinsoleil2541]

funny how they forget to add Afghanistan (with a half of the country being of Persian heritage) but put Turkey on the list knowing that they want to erase this tradition from the Kurdish heritage (lately they banned the celebration of Nawroz in Afrin controlled area). Also, the whole Central Asia celebrates Nawroz and some Caucasian countries too.

[@eatinsomtin9984]

Its not persian heritage its cause we are iranian and have basically the same culture as persians

[@ee4142]

It's a zoroastrian holiday

[@outlawJosieFox]

What a colourful culture. Hopefully one we can embrace more as time goes by.

[@gayboy1376]

It is not only celebrated by lranians but also in other musIim countries in Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia which was influenced by persia in medieval times.

[@taled8320]

Gay Boy it has nothing to do with being influenced by Persia or not.

[@mrsss3264]

@@taled8320 its all about persians and other people influenced by persians. In map are around iran

[@taled8320]

Mr sSs uh no it’s not, the celebration of spring predates even Persians. It’s an old festival. There are similar festivals marking spring as new year in Mesopotamia and India.

[@mehrdad7144]

@@taled8320 lol

[@proudpersianlady917]

@@taled8320 loools

[@faridrasuli]

Absurd BBC, there is a picture of people celebrating Nawroz in city of Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan in the clip. However, not the clip text. Really abusrd,

[@pennydreadfuls_]

fun fact: the persian calendar is the most exact calendar existing. the gregorian calendar is based by the birth of christ. the islamic one is just...way off.( i'm muslim too btw) but ours is based by the movement if the stars and planets and solar system proved by several different scientist. rn is the year 1399 for us.

[@gauravnarodey8021]

You people are awesome

[@lll2282]

Lol nope Indian calender is wayy accurate and older than entire Persian history

[@rawazroj]

Kurdish & Persian new year

[@yasirelec]

I am here in March 2020 and Iran is going through COVID19 pandemic very badly. Heart goes out to see all such celebrations being replaced with panic and misery. Hope you all get well soon. Love from Pakistan.

[@subhanazimzade1008]

Come to Adurbadagan ( Azerbaijan) we will show you how to celebrate Nowrooz There is one week celebration

[@Haris-gh1kn]

Love to all Persians from Pakistan

[@jackdiamondsa4298]

Beautiful people , beautiful culture . But when it’s integrated with Islam it sucks

[@sararabiee8810]

It's almost Nowruz! Happy Nowruz, y'all!

[@pharaohdescendant2707]

I’m a copt from Egypt and our native Egyptian Coptic new year has a similar name: Nayruz. But for us it’s in the fall not spring

[@mehrdad7144]

Lol

[@hassanalisharif471]

love from iran to great egypt realy we love egyption people they are great

[@hindlekam]

Great! Here in Algeria and neighbor countries it's 2969. The Amazigh new year, called Yennayer, is celebrated on January 12. Peace and lots of love to the World

[@DimJongUn]

What's life like in the future?

[@stefanogiordanengo6982]

In Iran it is 2577, imperial persian calendar

[@KeyhaneBishomar]

Greetings to Khurasuanian people and beyond 🇦🇫🇮🇷🇹🇯 🌹🌹🌹 Nowruz peruz

[@asliddinochilov4341]

Here in Central Asia, such as my home country Uzbekistan, Navroʻz is the national holiday among both Persian speaking and non-persian people (i.e Uzbeks, Turkmens, Kazakhs and Kyrgyzs).

[@ziaurrehman4425]

we are also celebrating nowruz .Pakistan❤

[@Dhhu333]

@Moto Play identity crisis

[@nomesa7374]

@@Dhhu333 Nowruz will resolve all crisis. Because it is rooted in nature and the human-oriented teachings of Zarathustra!

[@eatinsomtin9984]

only balochs and pashtuns celebrate the rest of pakistan are indians so dont

[@NadeemAhmed-nl3jd]

Happy Nowruz! To all the beautiful Persian people out there!

[@K111-q5p]

Sal mubarak to my aryan kin from Gujarat India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷❤️

[@hassanalisharif471]

love from iran to gujarat india i wish you all the best my brother

[@nahuelrios5236]

what 😅😅

[@selenagomezfans3290]

Uzbek people also celebrate this Holiday

[@turkey_shoppramal289]

Nowruz in kalimai Forsi va aslan in Taarihi Forsho meboshand Nowruze Firuz muborak az Tojikiston in ruzho Ozarihovu Uzbakhovu digaron niz jashn megirand Nowruz az Forsi azizam ast na az Uzbak ha mi Iraniho Afghanhoro az khudemon midonem yek millate buzurg hastem

[@rogeer3920]

Not 1398 but 1400. Nooruz mobarak. Regards from Brazil

[@hassanalisharif471]

love from iran to great brazil

[@akshitdadhwal]

We celebrate the navratra same way ..by growing sprouts in India

[@rajab4187]

Roz means day and rat mean night

[@greaterbharat4175]

@@rajab4187 yep , you are persion right? do have many similar word for basic thing like rat = ratri , darvaja = dwar

[@meyou9338]

@@greaterbharat4175 ye, that's those are the words you guys borrowed from us

[@meyou9338]

@asdf k Yeah, but i don't like south Asians for the same reason, because you guys like to relate yourself to us, yes, there're similarities between Persian and Hindi as much as there are between Persian and English and other indo European languages.

[@plwjk3879]

nowruz is a Zoroastrian holiday , good to see culture preserved

[@Regular.Biceps]

Nowruz Mubarak (Happy Nowruz) to everyone

[@tejasmohite2651]

Different festivals yet common reason - beginning of spring season

[@sayeedhusseinsadat3284]

Tejas Mohite Other countries maybe celebrate Nowrooz but just two countries officially celebrate it as a new year Afghanistan and Iran . It's now 1398 happy new year 🎊🎈🎆

[@rainhawk5264]

Unbelievable. It’s NOT Persian New Year! It’s “Iranian” and was celebrated up to ancient Aderbajan ( even though they got turkified in 11th century the still celebrate NewRoz). And btw the oldest “Iranian” speaker of them all is KurManc Kurdish, not Farsi (“Persian”)

[@SORENA_FAR]

Yes it is Iranian (im persian)

[@rainhawk5264]

@@SORENA_FAR so what you are Iranian or Persian? Newroz IraniC, not Iranian, but Iranic. It is older than the contemporary country Iran and absolutely older than Farsi-speaking Kard (that's your IraniC name btw, "Persian" is just the Greek name for you guys) You are not the oldest Iranic people. My people are much older than yours and we are Anatolian/Caucasian KurManc Khord,

[@farouqomaro598]

My family and I celebrated Nowruz too here in Borneo

[@Zayistan]

Kurds and tajiks and Afghans I SEE YOU, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 1398 💚💚💚

[@mehrdad7144]

Lol

[@mesocelik2411]

newroz piroz be..