Nowruz, the Persian New Year, celebrated in Idaho and around the world

As winter gives way to spring, millions of people around the world are marking Nowruz, the Persian New Year, a tradition that dates back thousands of years.

“It is a very old tradition … it survived Alexander the Great, Arabs, Mongols,” said Dr. Esmaeil Fallahi, a professor emeritus at the University of Idaho. “People resisted to keep it alive.”