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First day of spring heralds a new year

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For most people in West Berkshire, 21 March won’t anything out of the ordinary. But for the area’s Bahá’í Community, it will be their New Year’s Day.

The Bahá’í New Year, also known as Naw-Ruz (which means New Day), coincides with the start of spring and is the year 167 in the Bahá’í calendar, which dates from 1844 (birth of the Bahá’í Faith).

Myra Erbenova, a member of the Bahá’í Faith in West Berkshire, said: “As the official start of spring, this is a perfect time to celebrate starting afresh and committing ourselves to a spiritual awakening. Just as everything is coming alive after the winter, Bahá’ís view the New Year as a time of promise and hope for unity.”

Naw-Ruz is often celebrated with an evening of prayers from the Bahá’í scriptures, music, dance and food. For more details about the Bahá’í Faith, please call 07964 676461.

Bahá’í Community reaches out on Naw-Ruz

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Observing Naw-Ruz takes different multi-cultural forms in the 120,000 localities where Observing Naw-Ruz takes different multi-cultural forms in the 120,000 localities where Bahá'ís reside around the world. Reprinted with permission of the Observing Naw-Ruz takes different multi-cultural forms in the 120,000 localities where Bahá'ís reside around the world. Reprinted with permission of the Bahá'í International Community.

West Berkshire’s Bahá’í Community is reaching out to the wider community as it plans its celebrations for Naw-Ruz, the Bahá’í New Year’s Day. The festival is held on the spring equinox (March 21) and it marks the end of the Bahá’í Faith’s annual 19-day fast for adults.

Observing Naw-Ruz takes different multi-cultural forms in the 120,000 localities where Bahá’ís reside around the world. Reprinted with permission of the Bahá’í International Community.

The celebrations – to be held in Coley, Reading from 3pm on Sunday March 21 – will include readings of prayers from the Bahá’í scriptures, as well as music, dance and an afternoon of great food.

Bahá’í follower Shawn Khorassani said: “The fast – between sunrise and sunset – is essentially a period of meditation and prayer, of spiritual recuperation.

“We are opening our celebration of Naw-Ruz in Reading, Berkshire to people who want to learn more about the Bahá’í Faith. The Bahá’í community constantly works to break down barriers that separate people and strive for better inter-faith relations.”

The Naw-Ruz is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended.

For more details about the Naw-Ruz celebration in Reading, please call the West Berkshire’s Bahá’í Community on 07964 676461 and leave a message.