Navroz
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Navroz is the Parsi New Year festival, rooted in Zoroastrian tradition and marked by prayers, feasting, and cultural celebrations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Navroz canonical | 4 |
| Naw-Rúz | 4 |
| Navroz New Year | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6237719 — 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: Navroz Context triple: [Parsi community in Gujarat, celebratesFestival, Navroz]
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A.
Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is a major Hindu harvest and sun festival marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn, celebrated across India with kite flying, feasts, and ritual bathing.
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B.
Lohri
Lohri is a popular Punjabi winter harvest festival celebrated with bonfires, folk songs, and traditional foods to mark the end of the winter solstice.
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C.
Vishu
Vishu is a major spring festival in Kerala that marks the traditional New Year in the Malayalam calendar, celebrated with rituals like Vishukkani, fireworks, and festive feasts.
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D.
Ugadi
Ugadi is the traditional New Year festival celebrated predominantly in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka, marking the beginning of the Hindu lunisolar calendar with rituals, special foods, and cultural festivities.
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E.
Bhogi
Bhogi is the first day of the multi-day harvest festival around Makar Sankranti in South India, marked by discarding old possessions, lighting bonfires, and celebrating new beginnings.
- 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: Navroz Target entity description: Navroz is the Parsi New Year festival, rooted in Zoroastrian tradition and marked by prayers, feasting, and cultural celebrations.
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A.
Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is a major Hindu harvest and sun festival marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn, celebrated across India with kite flying, feasts, and ritual bathing.
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B.
Lohri
Lohri is a popular Punjabi winter harvest festival celebrated with bonfires, folk songs, and traditional foods to mark the end of the winter solstice.
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C.
Vishu
Vishu is a major spring festival in Kerala that marks the traditional New Year in the Malayalam calendar, celebrated with rituals like Vishukkani, fireworks, and festive feasts.
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D.
Ugadi
Ugadi is the traditional New Year festival celebrated predominantly in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka, marking the beginning of the Hindu lunisolar calendar with rituals, special foods, and cultural festivities.
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E.
Bhogi
Bhogi is the first day of the multi-day harvest festival around Makar Sankranti in South India, marked by discarding old possessions, lighting bonfires, and celebrating new beginnings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Year celebration
ⓘ
Parsi festival ⓘ festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Navroz New Year
ⓘ
linked to:
Navroz
Nowruz ⓘ
linked to:
Navruz
|
| associatedWith |
good fortune
ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ renewal ⓘ victory of light over darkness ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Parsis
ⓘ
Zoroastrians ⓘ |
| countryOfCelebration |
Afghanistan
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Azerbaijan ⓘ India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Kurdish regions ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important festival for Parsi community in India
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symbol of cultural identity for Zoroastrians ⓘ |
| hasFoodTradition |
elaborate festive meals
ⓘ
preparation of special sweets ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
lighting lamps or candles
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offering fruits and sweets ⓘ recitation of Zoroastrian prayers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
gratitude for nature
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social harmony ⓘ spiritual cleansing ⓘ |
| hasTradition |
charity and giving alms
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cleaning and decorating homes ⓘ family gatherings ⓘ feasting ⓘ setting a ceremonial table ⓘ special prayers in fire temples ⓘ visiting friends and relatives ⓘ wearing new clothes ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Gujarati/Parsi usage: Navroz
ⓘ
Persian: Nowruz ⓘ |
| marks |
arrival of spring
ⓘ
beginning of the new year ⓘ |
| observedOnCalendar | solar calendar ⓘ |
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | around March ⓘ |
| typeOf | spring festival ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | part of Nowruz inscribed on UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Navroz Description of subject: Navroz is the Parsi New Year festival, rooted in Zoroastrian tradition and marked by prayers, feasting, and cultural celebrations.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Navroz
linked to: Navroz
linked to: Navroz
linked to: Navroz
linked to: Navroz