Nowroz

In Northern Pakistan "Chitral, Gilgit, Hunza and Baltistan" Noroz is celebrated as a socio-religious festival. It
is also celebrated with much fervour in Balochistan and in the urban centres of Karachi and Lahore. The day coincides with the coming of spring season on March 21, but the celeberation continues for weeks. In Baltistan, the main feature of Norouz is gifting of coloured eggs to friends and playing polo,volley ball, hockey and football, westling, tug of war alongside folk dances, songs and music and exhibition of handicraft. While in Balochistan, the festival is marked with outdoor feasts, and the traditional jumping over a fire to wash away sins and usher in a fresh start. The origins of this festival are pre-Islamic and date back to when Pakistan was part of the Persian Empire for several thousand years.this is also celebrated as a way tha our first imam hazrat ali a.s has been rewarded by the imamat as a caliph of islam.our holy prophet [p.b.u.h] has given the reward.Even if they are Shia by choice, and do not have Iranian ancestry, they might want to associate themselves with the greatest Shia nation in the world, and that is Iran. Hence, they do what Iranians do i.e. that includes celebrating Nowruz.