Different of celebrating Nowrooz in Afghanistan and Malaysia

People in different parts of Afghanistan have special ceremonies to celebrate New Year .this day celebrates grandly in Mazar E Sharif and Kabul. We have customs for celebrating the New Year for 40 days.

Mazar E Sharif

Kabul

People from several provinces travel to mazar e sharif and Kabul for ceremony of Janda bala and picnics of gul e sorkh. This is a familiar and interesting custom among the people.

Janda bala

Picnic of Gul Sorkh

The naming of the Gul e Sorkh is taken from the name of the red flowers that are growing with the arrival of spring across the plains and hills ,and even the walls and roof’s of mud houses become colorful  with these flowers .

Gul Sorkh

Before the new year many famillies go to shopping to buy new things for decorating their homes.

In the night of new year, they cook a special dish by the name of samanak ,and the women start to cook it from evening  until morning  together. They even sing a special song while cooking the samanak. (samanak dar josh ma kafcha zanim degaran dar khab ma dafcha zanim,…)

They prepare 7 dried  fruits for the night of new year. There are almond, pistachis, raisin, dried apricot and nut. They are soaked in syrup for a night and served as a delicacy on new year’s day. 

The people of Afghanistan go sightseing and picnic with their families, to places like –Band Qargha, Paghman and Bagh e Babor and etc.

During the new year celebration people of  Afghanistan also  play  traditional games ,such as – buz kashi, pahlawani and gudi paran bazi.

They also have traditional dances such as attan meli ,qarsak and qataghani. 

Jashan e Dehqan (famer’s ceremony)

This ceremony also celebrates on the first day of the new year. Farmers go to the cities and show their

products in this ceremony. Beside, famous personalities of Afghanistan come to see it.

 

But this year we were not with our familly because we are in malaysia .This year we celebrated new year 2 times,the first day of new year ,we( 28 Afghan students of usim) went in stadium of our university.  there we prepared something for dinner and the boys danced ,it was so limited.

And for second time we celebrated in International islamic university malaysia. All afghan students that are Studying in several universities in Malaysia were appeared, in addition all afghan embassy employees participated, including Embassador of Afghanistan. there we had many funs and a complete show of different cultures of Afghanistan.

 For instance, different dances from deferent parts of our homeland, poetry debates and some other programs.

In an analytic view this new year was also interesting But not as we were celebrating in Afghanistan. 

 new year celebration is a worldwide celebration which is interesting for many people.