Nouruz (English spelling)

Japanese: Nourūz(英語表記)Nouruz
Nouruz (English spelling)

… While these religious events are held according to the lunar Hijri calendar, there are also many festivals linked to the seasons and agricultural practices that are held according to the solar calendar specific to each region. For example, in Iran, the vernal equinox corresponds to the Persian New Year (Nourūz), and New Year's events are held around this time to celebrate the arrival of spring. In Egypt, a similar festival called Shamm al-nasīm, which smells the spring wind, is held, as well as Wafa al-nīr (meaning "flood of the Nile"), which celebrates the rise in the waters of the Nile in autumn. …

From the Persian calendar

…In Iran today, the Islamic solar calendar is used in addition to the Islamic solar calendar (Hijri calendar) used throughout the Islamic world. This calendar began in 622, the same year as the Hijri calendar, but it is unique and based on the ancient Iranian calendar, which has the vernal equinox as New Year's Day (Nourūz). The basis of the Persian calendar was established by Omar Khayyam, the author of the Rubaiyat and also an astronomer and mathematician. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Nourūz" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… これらの宗教的行事は,太陰暦であるヒジュラ暦に従って行われるのに対し,各地に固有な太陽暦に従って行われる季節や農事と結びついた祭りも多数みられる。たとえば,イランでは,春分がペルシア暦の新年(ノウルーズNourūz)にあたり,この前後に年末年始の行事が春の訪れを祝って行われる。エジプトでは,同様に〈春風をかぐ祭りShamm al‐nasīm〉が行われるほか,秋のナイル川の増水を祝うワファー・アンニール(〈ナイルの洪水〉の意)が知られる。…

【ペルシア暦】より

…現在イランでは,イスラム世界全域で用いられているイスラム太陽暦(ヒジュラ暦)のほかに,イスラム太陽暦が併用されている。この暦は,紀元元年はヒジュラ暦と同じ622年であるが,春分の日を元日(ノウルーズNourūz)とするイラン古来の暦に基づく独自のものである。ペルシア暦の基礎は,《ルバーイヤート》の作者で,同時に天文学者・数学者のウマル・ハイヤームによって定められた。…

※「Nourūz」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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