Navruz is a holiday of the spring equinox and the beginning of a new agricultural year for the Persian-speaking and some Turkic-speaking peoples of Kazakhstan, Central Asia and Asia Minor, Iran, as well as for Bashkirs and Tatars. In 2010 Navruz will start on the evening of March 20. Nowruz in translation from Farsi means "a new day". His writing and pronunciation can vary in different countries - Novruz, Navruz, Nuruz, Nevruz, Nauryz, Nooruz, etc. Navruz symbolizes the renewal of nature and man, the purification of souls and the beginning of a new life.
