Newrooz Fest

Music, dancing, food, getting to know and inform each other and chasing away the winter. We celebrate the New Year with you at our place. Newrooz (also known as Nouruz) means "new day" and marks the beginning of spring. It also symbolizes the victory of light over the darkness of winter. The New Year and spring festival has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019 and has a history dating back over 3,000 years. Over 300 million people worldwide celebrate the Newrooz festival, including many Oldenburg residents.

Program

3 pm
Presentation and discussion about the Newrooz Festival
What is the Newrooz Festival? What is it about the seven different foods and dishes that all begin with the Persian letter S? What do people wish for at Newrooz?

4 p.m.
Stories and crafts around Newrooz for children
Persian games, flower memory and flower puzzles

Throughout:

• Newrooz table with seven items
• Introduction to other typical Newrooz traditions, such as Persian customs and handicrafts
• Poetry table: poems by Hafez that focus on spring and nature and calligraphy

The event is funded by the 360° - Fund for Cultures of the New Urban Society program of the German Federal Cultural Foundation.

Organizer: Maryam Ghandehari and Masoumeh Jomeh
Costs: free of charge
Registration: not required