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By gvwireIn Around Town, Lifestyle, Local, NewsPosted March 19, 2019

Shutterstock photo of a traditional Nowruz table.

The Persian New Year, or Nowruz, celebrates the vernal equinox, which is Wednesday or Thursday, depending upon which part of the world you live in. It is celebrated as a secular holiday in Iran, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and the Black Sea Basin. But, for Zoroastrians, it is a holy...