LONDON (IRNA) — An Italian publication has brought out the first Italian edition of ‘Cultural Customs and Traditions of Nowruz’ by Persian writer Reza Shabani.
The book, ‘IL NOWRUZ LE SUE TRADIZIONI’, has been published by Italian publication “Il Cerchio” in collaboration with the Iranian Culture Center in Rome, Iran’s cultural attaché in Italy Muhammad-Taghi Amini told IRNA.
Amini said the book is available in reputable bookstores for Italian readers for €25.
Nowruz is the beginning of the Iranian or Persian New Year celebrated worldwide.
It is a festival based on the spring equinox, which marks the first day of the new year in the Iranian Solar Hijri calendar, on or around March 21 on the Gregorian calendar.