LL-L "Traditions" 2012.03.20 (04) [EN]

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From: Mike Morgan mwmbombay at gmail.com

Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2012.03.20 (03) [EN]


And, among the Zoroastrians, in India at least (where they are called
Parsis/Parsees) only those whpo follow the Fasli/Bastani calendar celebrate
New Year now (as Jamshed-i Nouroz). Parsis who follow either of the other
two calendars celebrate today as a holiday, but New Years is in July or
August.

Some Kashmiri Hindus also celebrate New Year now..

mwm

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Lowlands-L <lowlands.list at gmail.com> wrote:
 I second that, although Nowrūz <http://goog_1407859701/>
(<http://goog_1407859701/>
نوروز‎ <http://goog_1407859701/> "New
Day")<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz>is not an all-Muslim
holiday. It appears to have originated in the
Persian-speaking world, probably within early Zoroastrianism, and has been
spread to Persian-influenced (mostly Turkic-speaking) cultures in Central
and Southern Asia as well as to some cultures in Western Asia and
Southeastern Europe. For instance, it is celebrated also among
Zoroastrians, Kurds, Bahá'ís, and Christians (e.g. Aramaians/Assyrians,
Armenians, Georgians and both Christian and Muslim Albanians).

! نوروز مبارک به همه

Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA

mwm || *U* C > || mike || мика  || माईक || マイク || மாய்க் (aka Dr Michael W
Morgan)
sign language linguist / linguistic typologist at large / "Have
language(s), will travel"

*"If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to
give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not
contemplate, promote, or incite violence." (MKG)
"You assist an unjust administration most effectively by obeying its orders
and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance.
Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil.* *A good person will resist
an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil
state is therefore a duty." (MKG)*
been there, done that...

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