LAHORE – Google is celebrating the Iranian New Year “Nowruz” with a special holiday logo. Google creates interesting holiday logos for various cultural and social events around the world. The Nowruz holiday logo was created by talented Iranian guest artist Pendar Yousefi. The artwork is a tribute to a festival that has been celebrated for more than 3,000 years.
The artist depicted his happy childhood memories of Nowruz in a doodle where animal friends gathered in a flower-filled courtyard under a blossoming tree, symbolizing joy, togetherness and hope.
The word “Nowruz” means new day in Persian.
It is a major cultural event that unites diverse communities across regions and countries. Families gather around the table on this day to share a special meal with their loved ones. Several gifts and handicrafts are distributed on ‘Nowruz’.
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This day is also marked by street performances, traditional music, dance, communal rituals with water and fire, traditional sports and handicrafts. It is a vibrant spring festival that promotes peace, respect, kinship and harmony between life and nature.
Google Doodle is a theme that the search engine uses on its home page to mark special occasions. Google is known for coming up with creative and interactive holiday logos for special events.
In the past, he also used doodles to celebrate prominent people and their achievements.
