Re: Nowroz
I heard abut Nawroz only last year, when some Pashtun nationalist friends of mine were wishing me a happy Nawroz ... and I was like, what's that?
I think it makes much more sense to consider Spring the "beginning of a new year" than cruel, cold old January. :D Spring is, basically, nature's new year, anyway. It's more common in Iran than in other parts of the world, but for those who don't know, many, many Pukhtuns in Afghanistan also celebrate it.
I don't think it's "bad influence" of Iran/Persia. It'd be bad if we Afghans had to abandon a certain tradition of our own to accept a Persian one.
Happy Nawroz to those who celebrate it!
I heard abut Nawroz only last year, when some Pashtun nationalist friends of mine were wishing me a happy Nawroz ... and I was like, what's that?
I think it makes much more sense to consider Spring the "beginning of a new year" than cruel, cold old January. :D Spring is, basically, nature's new year, anyway. It's more common in Iran than in other parts of the world, but for those who don't know, many, many Pukhtuns in Afghanistan also celebrate it.
I don't think it's "bad influence" of Iran/Persia. It'd be bad if we Afghans had to abandon a certain tradition of our own to accept a Persian one.
Happy Nawroz to those who celebrate it!

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