Tehran, March 27, 2009:

Nowruz Festival is a traditional holiday with a long history. In Xinjiang, all national minority believe in Islam celebrate the festival. The word came from Iranian, means “Spring Water”, equating to vernal equinox (4th solar term). It falls on March 22.
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