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Navroz Mubarak: How the Iranian festival is being celebrated across India
Updated On: 19 March, 2023 07:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Nasrin Modak Siddiqi
Navroze, the Iranian spring festival that heralds the new year, is observed by Hindus and Muslims, albeit in different versions. This year, Sunday mid-day steps out of Parsi baugs to see how it is celebrated across the country
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The Navroze offering at the imambara of Princess Naghat Abedi of Rampur
Four years ago, at Delhi’s Lodhi Gardens, words in Dari Farsi reached 30-year-old librarian Laila Azimi’s ears. It was the dialect of her hometown Kabul, and she found the speakers were Pashtuns and Uzbeks, and like her, they now lived in India’s capital. Today, they are Azimi’s second family, celebrating special days and festivals together. This year too, on Navroze, when the sun enters into the sign of Aries on March 21, marking the beginning of the Persian new year, Azimi will be celebrating it with her new friends and family.
Navroze, meaning, new day, is celebrated by the Zoroastrians and Shia communities all over the world. Azimi tells us that while there are some similarities, the Afghans add haft mewa (seven fruits) to the ceremonial food platter, (or instead of) the haft sin (seven items to decorate the new year table starting with the letter ‘S’), which is common in Iran.
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