The birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and the bees are buzzing as winter comes to an end and the spring season starts. The present Doodle respects Nowruz, a yearly celebration of this first day of spring.
For more than 3,000 years, individuals from Central Asia, the Middle East, and the numerous regions of eastern and central Europe have noticed the vernal equinox as a period of renewal and a festival of human life’s connection with the cycles of nature.
An holiday custom that mirrors this natural rejuvenation is the development of Sabzeh or Samani (grew wheat grass), which is traditionally planted fourteen days before the holiday so that on the morning of Nowruz, their new green leaves report the appearance of the spring season.
Alongside the development of new plants, numerous likewise welcome the new with a symbolic spring clean, decluttering their homes to invite good fortune into their lives.
Happy Nowruz! Here’s to an bountiful year to come.
