Nowruz

Nowruz, izwi kandi nk'umwaka mushya w'Ubuperesi, ni umunsi mukuru wa kera wizihizwa muri Irani no mu bindi bihugu byinshi byo mu karere. Ibirori bitangira umwaka mushya muri kalendari y’Ubuperesi kandi ubusanzwe bigwa ku munsi wambere wimpeshyi, nko ku ya 20 Werurwe. Nowruz ni igihe cyo kuvugurura no kuvuka ubwa kabiri, kandi ni umwe mu migenzo ikomeye kandi ikundwa cyane mu muco wa Irani.

Inkomoko ya Nowruz irashobora guhera mu bwami bwa kera bw'Abaperesi, bwatangiye mu myaka 3.000. Ibirori byabanje kwizihizwa nkumunsi mukuru wa Zoroastrian, nyuma biza kwemerwa nindi mico yo mukarere. Ijambo "Nowruz" ubwaryo risobanura "umunsi mushya" mu Giperesi, kandi ryerekana igitekerezo cyintangiriro nshya nintangiriro nshya.

Kimwe mu bintu by'ingenzi bya Nowruz ni ameza ya Haft-Seen, akaba ari ameza adasanzwe ashyirwa mu ngo ndetse n'ahantu hahurira abantu benshi mu gihe cy'ibirori. Imbonerahamwe isanzwe irimbishijwe nibintu birindwi byikigereranyo bitangirana ninyuguti yubuperesi "icyaha", igereranya umubare wa karindwi. Muri ibyo bikoresho harimo Sabzeh (ingano, ingano cyangwa imbuto za lentil), Samanu (ifu nziza ikozwe muri mikorobe y'ingano), Senjed (imbuto zumye z'igiti cya lotus), Seer (tungurusumu), Seeb (pome), Somāq (imbuto za sumac) na Serkeh (vinegere).

Usibye ameza ya Haft-Seen, Nowruz yizihizwa kandi n'imigenzo n'imigenzo itandukanye, nko gusura abavandimwe n'inshuti, guhana impano, no kwitabira ibirori rusange. Abanyayirani benshi kandi bizihiza Nowruz basimbukira ku muriro ubanziriza ibirori, bikekwa ko birinda imyuka mibi kandi bikazana amahirwe.

Nowruz nigihe cyibyishimo, ibyiringiro, no kuvugurura mumico ya Irani. Ni ibirori byo guhindura ibihe, intsinzi yumucyo hejuru yumwijima, nimbaraga zintangiriro nshya. Nkibyo, ni umuco gakondo ushinze imizi mumateka nindangamuntu yabaturage ba Irani.