Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today is Nowruz. It marks the coming of the new year in some cultures. But what is Nowruz, and why do people celebrate it?

This post was updated April 3rd at 9:18 p.m. Jan. 1 is not the only day Bruins celebrate the new year. Lunar New Year, Rosh Hashanah and Nowruz are holidays celebrating the start of various calendar ...

Nowruz marks the arrival of spring in Iran but also the beginning of the new year. The same is true in Afghanistan, where the festival serves as the official start of the solar calendar. The precise ...

Today is Nowruz. It marks the coming of the new year in some cultures. But what is Nowruz, and why do people celebrate it? Thursday, March 20, 2025, marks the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, a holiday ...