Norooz is the traditional Iranian new year celebrated in many countries and regions such as Iran, Northern Iraq, Armenia,Tajikestan , Afghanistan, , Georgia, the countries of Central Asia such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. it is also celebrated among various other Iranian and Turkic people in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, India, Northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans.