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Happy newroz!
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21 Mar 2007 Wed 02:05 pm |
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Happy newroz to everyone!
I didn't expect to be posting this here because I didn't know that turks even celebrate it. But then I saw the front page of Posta: http://www.haberturk.com/gazeteoku.asp?id=Posta
Can someone explain why specifically turks celebrate it? Is it a new idea?
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21 Mar 2007 Wed 02:10 pm |
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Luetfen, can somebody pls. explain the boat scene to me?
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21 Mar 2007 Wed 02:36 pm |
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Quoting Roswitha: Luetfen, can somebody pls. explain the boat scene to me? |
I have no idea about the boat scene much.
But you know the the meaning of new-rose or new-day, not sure about the translation of the Kurdish word, right?
Welcome Spring.
I think, it is a shamanic tradition used to be celebrated by people living in Anatolia for ages. I cannot say that it is only celebrated by a specific group in the country. But in recent history, we had such things that some groups were using those things politically. So it was forbidden by old governments.
I don't remember when they let it to be celebrated, but it is a festival and as long as it is not used for a political work or action, it is nice to celebrate it.
On the boat, holding Turkish flags; they are meaning that the festival is not belonging to a group only, it is a festival for all citizens who are living under Turkish flag.
Hope it helped some,
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21 Mar 2007 Wed 02:54 pm |
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Sorry I should have explaint it further but SunFlowerSeed is right anyway. Newroz means "new day" and it is the welcoming of the new year. It was banned until the year 2000.
Can anyone answer my question?
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22 Mar 2007 Thu 02:38 am |
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Quoting azade: Sorry I should have explaint it further but SunFlowerSeed is right anyway. Newroz means "new day" and it is the welcoming of the new year. It was banned until the year 2000.
Can anyone answer my question? |
Nevruz is a persian word which used at the time of Ottoman Empire, u know the ottoman turkish contains lots of farsi(persian)words. Nevrûz means (nev (new) rûz (day)) new day. In turkish it pronounced in many ways such as “Yeni Günâ€, “Yeni Künâ€, “Çağanâ€, “Ulu Künâ€, “Ulustın Ulu†etc as a bairam name “Altay Kötürgeniâ€, “Bahar Bayramıâ€, “Yörük Bayramıâ€. It is a tradition in Turkic world comes from Central Asia.
All turkic nations celebrate this spring bairam such as Balkars, Bashkirs, Chuvashs, Crimean Tatars, Gagauzs, Karachays, Karakalpaks, Karapapaks, Kazakhs, Kirghiz, Khorasani Turks, Kumyks, Noghais, Qashqay Tatars, Turkmens, Turks of Turkey, Tuvans, Uighurs, Uzbeks, Yakuts, Azerbaijanis, Kurts. It can be seen from chinese sources that several centuries before the B.C Hun Turks had prepared food, meals and gone to the grey for to celebrate the spring fest on the 21th of March same as today.
That is inherited from ancient Turanian religion and not a new idea very old actually.
But at these years it is used for politically by provocateurs who want to break up the country's unity. it was not banned also...
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22 Mar 2007 Thu 02:59 am |
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newroz mean new day we celebrate it because for us spring and beauty of nature starts 21of march
in mythology new day is the meeting day of demeter,and her daughter persephone if you want to learn this myth you can pm me
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22 Mar 2007 Thu 03:21 am |
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Quoting azade: Sorry I should have explaint it further but SunFlowerSeed is right anyway. Newroz means "new day" and it is the welcoming of the new year. It was banned until the year 2000.
Can anyone answer my question? |
well, may things have been and -are still- banned in Turkey.
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22 Mar 2007 Thu 03:24 am |
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Norouz is the traditional new year holiday in Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Albania, Georgia, various countries of Central Asia such as Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. In Iran it is also referred to as an Eid festival, although it is not an Islamic feast.
Norouz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year. It is celebrated by some communities on March 21st and by others on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox (start of spring), which may occur on March 20th, 21st or 22nd.
Etymology
The word comes from the Old Persian: nava=new + rəzaŋh=day/daylight, meaning “new day/daylightâ€, and still has the same meaning in the modern Persian (no=new + rouz=day; meaning “new dayâ€)[citation needed].The term Norouz first appeared in Persian records in the second century AD, but it was also an important day during the Achaemenid times (c. 648-330 AD), where kings from different nations under Persian empire used to bring gifts to the emperor (Shahanshah) of Persia on Norouz.
Local variations
Norouz has been celebrated for at least 3000 years and is deeply rooted in the rituals and traditions of the Zoroastrian religion. Today, the festival of Norouz is celebrated in many countries suh as: Persia (Iran), Iraq, Afghanistan, parts of the Middle East, as well as in the former Soviet republics of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan,Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. It is also celebrated by the Zoroastrian Parsis and Iranis in India, as well as by the inhabitants of northern areas of Pakistan, mainly in Chitral. In Turkey, it is called Nevruz in Turkish, Sultan Nevruz in Albanian and Newroz in Kurdish.In most countries, the greeting that accompanies the festival is Ayd-e Norouz Mobārak (mubarak: felicitations) in Persian. In Turkey, the greeting is either Bayramınız Mubarek/kutlu olsun (in Turkish) or Cejna te pîroz be (in Kurdish).
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22 Mar 2007 Thu 07:29 am |
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You can get your answers here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norouz
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22 Mar 2007 Thu 03:55 pm |
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Thanks everyone!
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