UN chief cites Novruz importance in worldwide address
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has stressed the
importance of the Novruz spring holiday for people throughout the
world in an address to the world community over March 21, the
International Day of Novruz.
The message says the UN General Assembly’s decision this year to recognize the date "is evidence of a growing global awareness of the holiday’s significance not only in the regions where it is celebrated but around the world", according to the UN Baku office.
"For millennia, when the sun crosses the equator and the northern hemisphere enters Spring, peoples in the Balkans, the Black Sea Basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East and other regions have carried out their own special traditions in celebration of Novruz. These rituals, from repainting homes to visiting friends to preparing symbolic meals, are infused with a spirit of renewal and can inspire not only those conducting them but all people."
"As we commemorate this first International Day of Novruz, I hope countries and people around the world will draw on this festival’s history and customs to promote harmony with the natural world and foster global peace and goodwill," the message said.
The message says the UN General Assembly’s decision this year to recognize the date "is evidence of a growing global awareness of the holiday’s significance not only in the regions where it is celebrated but around the world", according to the UN Baku office.
"For millennia, when the sun crosses the equator and the northern hemisphere enters Spring, peoples in the Balkans, the Black Sea Basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East and other regions have carried out their own special traditions in celebration of Novruz. These rituals, from repainting homes to visiting friends to preparing symbolic meals, are infused with a spirit of renewal and can inspire not only those conducting them but all people."
"As we commemorate this first International Day of Novruz, I hope countries and people around the world will draw on this festival’s history and customs to promote harmony with the natural world and foster global peace and goodwill," the message said.
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