The term Navasard goes back to Old Armenian նաւասարդ /nawasard/, a loan from NW-(Middle)-Iranian *nawāgsarδ 'new year' (cf.
Khwarezmian: نوسارڅ [nwsʾrc] /nawsārc/, Sogdian: *nawēsarδ) consisting of the Iranian words nawa 'new' (going back to Proto-Iranian *náwah, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néwos; cf.
Classical Persian نوی /naw/, Kurmanji nû, Pashto نوی /nëway/, Ossetian ног /nog/) and sard 'year' (from Proto-Iranian *carHdáh; cf.
Most of the people spent their times under big trees' shadows to hide away from the sun while they watched the celebrations and performances.
There also was set up a big bonfire at nighttime where children and young adults would try to jump over and around it to scare and drive away bad spirits.
Dancing, singing, intellectual and athletic competitive games were a big part of the celebrations, where competitors would try to impress the ones they admire in the audience.
While the athletes competed, poets and instrumentalists merged and performed their own music and lyrics, as well as painters drew the event in various methods, accordingly to their point of view.