An Iranian man jumps over a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the ...
It is that time of the year when the earth’s axis is not tilted toward or away from the sun, this means almost equal amounts ...
During the Achaemenid era, the festival was celebrated with great splendor at Persepolis, where kings welcomed envoys and ...
Nowruz is a rite dating back to the 6th century BCE, marking the ushering in of spring and the new year. Variously known as ...
NOWRUZ and Laylat ul-Qadr are among the most significant cultural and religious occasions in the Islamic world and Iran as ...
In a special ceremony celebrating Nowruz, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his intention to propose March 21 as “Spring and Brotherhood Day” to the Turkish Parliament. This suggestion ...
The BBC Persian’s Nowruz show will delight viewers with Shohreh Aghdashloo’s reading from the classical poet Hafez – an ...
MTO Shahmaghsoudi centers in Sacramento and Los Angeles will collaborate with Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel to present the ...
Nowruz, the Persian New Year, celebrates the first day of spring and the renewal of life, marking the beginning of the ...