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‘Light makes us flourish – in this respect we humans are just like a rose or an azalea.’
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Today, Sunday March 26, here in the UK, the clocks were put forward by one hour, heralding the start of British Summer Time (BST), where the days get longer and brighter. For many this is the path to healing, joy and happiness, when we and mother nature begin to wake up from the cold and dark winter months.
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(Updated on 21 March 2023)
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Celebrating the linguistic expression of our common humanity
‘...Held every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. Practiced throughout history – in every culture and on every continent – poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue and peace.
UNESCO first adopted 21 March as World Poetry Day during its 30th General Conference in Paris in 1999, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard.
World Poetry Day is an occasion to honour poets, revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry, foster the convergence between poetry and other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and raise the visibility of poetry in the media. As poetry continues to bring people together across continents, all are invited to join in.’- United Nations, World Poetry Day 21 March
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Norouz is a message of hope, beauty, wisdom, peace, friendship, benevolence, justice for humankind and admiration for nature and an occasion for rethinking, restarting and remaking.
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'In my heart you are the mirthful ray
You are the caring, though my companions they
Happy is the world with the Noruz and with the Eid
You are both my Eid and my Noruz today'
اندر دل من مها دل افروز توئي
ياران هستند ليك دلسوز توئي
شادند جهانيان به نوروز و به عيد
'عيد من و نوروز من امروز توئي
Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rumi جلالالدین محمد رومی
The World in Crisis and Mother Nature in Pain:The Hopeful and Healing Message of the Persian New Year (Norouz)
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