There is widespread consensus that the Parsi New Year began sometime in the neighborhood of 3,500 years ago. In this era, the Prophet Zarathustra established Zoroastrianism in what is now the country of Iran in the region of Persia. This day, according to the philosophy of Zoroastrianism, marks the beginning of the annual rejuvenation of everything in the universe. It is claimed that Jamshed, an old Sasanian ruler, was the one who first introduced the Parsi calendar. This ancient king is also associated with the word Navroz. As a result of this, the holiday...