By Megan Marples, CNN Just as spring is a time for rebirth, the Persian New Year is a time to celebrate new life. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox, which is Monday, March 20.

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Baklava made by Meena Hussain is one of the food items for sale during the Persian New Year at the second annual Nowruz Market 1403 in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, March 9, 2024.

According to National Geographic, the 3,000-year-old tradition kicks off the first day of the Persian calendar. The annual New Year celebration lasts for 13 days. The source notes that “Nowruz”… ...

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The D.C. metro area is home to about 85,000 people of Persian descent, one of the largest communities in the country. “Everybody is welcome to this once-a-year big celebration,” Asemi said.

Iraqi Kurds celebrate the Persian New Year, Nowruz, in the town of Akra in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region, on March 20, 2023.

On March 24, the University of Georgia’s Persian Student Union gathered with family and friends to celebrate Nowruz at Memorial Hall Ballroom with food, performances and presentations.

The Presidio Dance Theatre’s annual Children’s Day performance will celebrate Nowruz, or the Persian New Year, on Monday for the first time in the company’s 22-year history.