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Nowruz, the Persian New Year

Nowruz, the Persian New Year

The Persian New year through Iranian Solar calendar is the first day of spring will begin on 21st March 2017. “Nowruz literally “New Day” is the name of the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year, which is celebrated worldwide by the Iranian peoples, along with some other ethno-linguistic groups, as the […]

Iranian Women Stick to Pre-Islamic Festival

Iranian Women Stick to Pre-Islamic Festival

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian women play ball during a picnic marking ancient festival of Sizdeh Bedar, or public picnic day, at the end of thirteen-day Iranian New Year holidays, outside the northeastern city of Esfarayen, Iran, Sunday, April 1, 2012. Iranians flocked to parks and orchards to mark Sizdeh Bedar, an ancient festival that predates […]

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