The Bahá'í community celebrate their new year (Naw-Rúz)—along with friend, neighbours, and well-wishers—every year at the spring equinox in March.  A typical Naw-Rúz celebration, in an atmosphere of thanksgiving, was joyfully held in the Dumfries and Galloway Multicultural Association (DGMA) for the Bahá'í year 180 (2023).

“The season of spring is, according to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, an outward symbol of the spiritual springtime. Just as the advent of spring bestows new life and freshness upon the world of nature, so too, in this new age of the spirit, the rays of the divine light shine upon unsullied hearts and heavenly breezes waft over the bower of the inner reality of illumined souls, awakening and enlightening people of discernment and goodwill.”