Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

Hasan Hasanov, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Poland notable social figure and Dr. History, made a presentation about “Novruz in Azerbaijan: problems, discussions” at the Institute of Folklore.

Scientist dealt with the nature of Novruz holiday, delivery of this tradition from generation to generation as a rich cultural heritage and its symbol of peace and solidarity.

Referring to the relationship between Zoroastrian and Novruz Hasanov said that the researcher-scientist Mary Boys noted six feasts in this religion, but among them did not across to name of Novruz.

The scientist also clarified the origin of the word Novruz. He said that the meaning of Novruz is the Persian word which means a new day. Feast is the combination of the words - Turkish word "bay (male)" and "aram (slow)". "Bay" means the name of the god of the ancient Turkic peoples, "slow" is a sign of the ancient Turkic language. Thus, the celebration of the word means "ancient god sign".

H.Hasanov also mentioned that, conncetion of Nowruz with figure eight is associated with eight polytheistic pantheon of an ancient Turkish origin Scythians, which was informed for the first time by Greek historian Herodotus.

Novruz holiday mainstreams an idea of peace preventing all kinds of contradictions and conflicts and serves as a harmonic model among nations.

After listening lecture, the topic was widely discussed.

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