Newroz spring festival

E40080

Kurdish tradition New Year celebration cultural festival spring festival

The Newroz spring festival is a traditional Kurdish celebration marking the arrival of spring and the Kurdish New Year, symbolizing renewal, resistance, and cultural identity.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Newroz celebrations	4
Nowruz	2
Kurdish New Year	1
Kurdish Newroz celebrations	1
Nevruz	1
Nevruz celebrations	1
New Year in April (Çarşema Sor)	1
Newroz	1
Newroz spring festival canonical	1
Novruz	1
Nowruz (Kurdish New Year in Iraq)	1
Yazidi New Year (Çarşema Sor)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T312395 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Newroz spring festival
Context triple: [Kurds, culturalTrait, Newroz spring festival]

A. Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.
B. Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
C. Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with communal prayers, feasting, charity, and celebration.
D. Kislev
Kislev is a late autumn/early winter month in the Hebrew calendar traditionally associated with the festival of Hanukkah.
E. Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Newroz spring festival
Target entity description: The Newroz spring festival is a traditional Kurdish celebration marking the arrival of spring and the Kurdish New Year, symbolizing renewal, resistance, and cultural identity.

A. Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.
B. Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
C. Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with communal prayers, feasting, charity, and celebration.
D. Kislev
Kislev is a late autumn/early winter month in the Hebrew calendar traditionally associated with the festival of Hanukkah.
E. Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kurdish tradition ⓘ New Year celebration ⓘ cultural festival ⓘ spring festival ⓘ
associatedWith	Kurdish nationalism ⓘ cultural performances ⓘ political demonstrations ⓘ story of Kawa the Blacksmith ⓘ
celebratedBy	Kurds ⓘ
celebratedIn	Iranian Kurdistan ⓘ linked to: Kurdistan Province (Iran) Iraqi Kurdistan ⓘ linked to: Kurdistan Kurdish diaspora communities ⓘ Kurdistan region ⓘ linked to: Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan ⓘ linked to: Kurdistan Turkish Kurdistan ⓘ linked to: Kurdistan
followsCalendar	spring equinox ⓘ
hasDance	govend ⓘ
hasDate	around 20 March ⓘ around 21 March ⓘ
hasFood	traditional Kurdish dishes ⓘ
hasMusic	Kurdish folk music ⓘ
hasMythologicalBackground	legend of Kawa the Blacksmith ⓘ overthrow of tyrant Zahhak ⓘ
hasRitual	family gatherings ⓘ jumping over fires ⓘ lighting bonfires ⓘ picnics in nature ⓘ public celebrations ⓘ singing Kurdish songs ⓘ traditional Kurdish dancing ⓘ wearing traditional Kurdish clothing ⓘ
hasTheme	freedom ⓘ hope ⓘ rebirth ⓘ
observedBy	Alevi Kurds ⓘ linked to: Alevism Shia Kurds ⓘ linked to: Kurds Sunni Kurds ⓘ linked to: Kurds Yazidi Kurds ⓘ linked to: Yazidis
partOf	Kurdish intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
recurs	annually ⓘ
sharesTraditionWith	Nowruz ⓘ linked to: Newroz spring festival Persian New Year ⓘ linked to: Nowruz celebrations
symbolizes	Kurdish New Year ⓘ linked to: Newroz spring festival Kurdish cultural identity ⓘ arrival of spring ⓘ renewal ⓘ resistance ⓘ
usesLanguage	Kurdish ⓘ

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