Azerbaijan celebrates last Tuesday before Novruz

  18 March 2025    Read: 219
Azerbaijan celebrates last Tuesday before Novruz

Azerbaijan is today marking the last Tuesday before the Novruz holiday.

This Tuesday, also known as "Torpag Charshanbasi" - "Tuesday of the Earth," is marked with particular splendor. Celebrations, which last the whole day, reach their peak in the evening.

Celebrating the "Tuesday of the Earth," our ancestors gave tribute to mother earth, its wealth, and bounty. This day is full of rituals that symbolize prosperity in the coming year, end of hardships and troubles.

As on previous Tuesdays, this Tuesday, people usually make bonfires and jump over them. There is a belief that by jumping over fire, a person leaves his troubles and disappointments in it. It is forbidden to put out the fire; it must go out by itself. On the last Tuesday, it is customary to say only good words.

According to ancient folk customs, salt, water, money, bread, matches, and kerosene should not be given from home on this day. In houses, candles are lit according to the number of family members.

Also, according to popular beliefs, the last Tuesday before Novruz should be spent at home so that during the year, a person would not be separated from his home and his relatives for a long time.

The entry of the spring into Azerbaijan will coincide with March 20 at 13:01:25 Baku time (GMT+4). At this time, night and day become equal, and the Sun rises exactly in the east and sets in the west.

The Sun, moving along the ecliptic, crosses the equator and passes from the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere. From that moment, spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn begins in the Southern Hemisphere. The length of the spring season will be 92 days 17 hours 40 minutes 46 seconds.

 

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