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19/03/2015

The Iranian festival of Nowruz has different underlying messages about morality and humanity.

19/03/2015

The Iranian festival of Nowruz can be deemed as a geopolitical phenomenon to cement historical ties and promote peace and friendship in the region.

19/03/2015

Haft Seen, Persian for “Seven S's” refers to seven items whose names start with S in Farsi and is part of the New Year tradition of all Iranians.

SadéSadé or Sada Jashn-e Sada/Sadé , also transliterated as Sadeh, is an ancient Persian festival. Sadeh celebrates 50 d...
29/01/2015

Sadé
Sadé or Sada Jashn-e Sada/Sadé , also transliterated as Sadeh, is an ancient Persian festival. Sadeh celebrates 50 days before Nowruz. Sadeh in Persian means "hundred" and refers to one hundred days and nights past the end of summer (or the beginning of long-winter known to start at the end of summer in ancient Persia/Iran). Sadeh is a mid winter festival that was celebrated with grandeur and magnificence in ancient Persia. It was a festivity to honor fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost, and cold.

National Persian Gulf DayIran has designated April 30th as the National Persian Gulf Day. Persian Gulf, a historical wat...
30/04/2013

National Persian Gulf Day
Iran has designated April 30th as the National Persian Gulf Day. Persian Gulf, a historical waterway, is part of the natural heritage of Iran.
The day marks the anniversary of the expulsion of Portuguese military forces from the Strait of Hormuz in 1622, during the reign of Safavid king Shah Abbas I (1587-1629).
Based on incontrovertible historical documents, the body of water lying to the south of Iran is and has always been known as the Persian Gulf.

The Final Day of Nowruz(Sizdeh Bedar)The haft-seen table remains in the family home for thirteen days after the beginnin...
02/04/2013

The Final Day of Nowruz(Sizdeh Bedar)
The haft-seen table remains in the family home for thirteen days after the beginning of Nowruz. The thirteenth day is called Sizdeh Bedar, which literally means in Persian “getting rid of the thirteenth.” The celebrations that take place on Sizdeh Bedar are just as festive as those on the first day of Nowruz. On this day, families pack a special picnic and go to the park . It is customary to bring new sprouts, or sabzeh, grown especially for this occasion. At the park, the green blades of the sabzeh are thrown on the ground or in a nearby river or lake to symbolize the return of the plant to nature. Sizdeh Bedar marks the end of the Nowruz celebrations, and the next day children return to school and adults return to their jobs

Chahar Shanbe Suri: The Fire Jumping TraditionsOn the night of the last Wednesday of the old year Chahar Shanbe Suri, in...
12/03/2013

Chahar Shanbe Suri: The Fire Jumping Traditions
On the night of the last Wednesday of the old year Chahar Shanbe Suri, in Persian, is celebrated. During the night of Chahar Shanbe Suri people traditionally gather and light small bonfires in the streets and jump over the flames shouting: “Zardie man az to, sorkhie to az man” in Persian, which means, “May my sickly pallor be yours and your red glow be mine.” With this phrase, the flames symbolically take away all of the unpleasant things that happened
in the past year. Because jumping over a fire is dangerous, many people today simply light the bonfire and shout the special phrase without getting too close to the flames.

24/01/2013

Maymand is a very ancient village in the province of Kerman, Iran. Its population is about 150 people. In 2005 the village won the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize. Over 2000 years old. Photos by Ali Majdfar

PerspolisPersepolis (Old Persian تخت جمشید Pārsa, Takht-e Jamshid or Chehel Minar) was the ceremonial capital of the Ach...
25/09/2012

Perspolis
Persepolis (Old Persian تخت جمشید Pārsa, Takht-e Jamshid or Chehel Minar) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 BCE). Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid (Throne of Jamshid). The earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BCE. To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pārsa, which means "The City of Persians". Persepolis is a transliteration of the Greek Πέρσης πόλις (Persēs polis: "Persian city").
UNESCO declared the citadel of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.[1]

Lion and Bull in combat Persepolis stairway facade of palace HAccording to archaeological references this scene is the s...
25/09/2012

Lion and Bull in combat
Persepolis stairway facade of palace H
According to archaeological references this scene is the symbol of new year

IranLocation:Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and PakistanGe...
25/09/2012

Iran
Location:Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan
Geographic coordinates:32 00 N, 53 00 E

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