Celebrating Nowruz: 2025

Feb. 19, 2025: Conference Rooms A&B, Campus Center

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woman holding microphone for another young woman playing stringed instrument

Happy Nowruz sign

young woman in traditional blue dress dancing

group of people smiling

President Torres smiling with group

young women in white dancing

young women in white with arms raised

young woman in red with arms up

young woman in white kneeling

young woman in red with arms up

Tatarstan

pink blossoms

Ariana sign with food

room with lots of people standing, talking, eating

table with food, vase, guitar

What is Nowruz?

  • Marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year for more than 300 million people all around the world
  • Celebrated for more than 3,000 years in the Balkans, the Black Sea Basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East and other regions
  • Promotes values of peace and solidarity ... as well as reconciliation and neighbourliness, contributing to cultural diversity and friendship among peoples and different communities
  • Honors ties among peoples, based on mutual respect and the ideals of peace and good neighborliness

(Source: United Nations: International Nowruz Day, 2023)

Highlights From Last Year's Celebration

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