INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE - Nuvroz, included in 2016

It indicates the beginning of the New Year for the Parsis and is also celebrated as the Spring festival by the Kashmiri community. It denotes Zoroastrian respect for the environment. In this festival, there is a custom to lay down a table and place a copy of the Gathas, lit a lamp or a candle, put a shallow ceramic plate with sprouted wheat or beans, small bowl with a silver coin, flowers, painted eggs, sweets and a bowl of water containing goldfish in it. All this signify prosperity, wealth, colour, sweetness and happiness.