An Iranian man jumps over a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the ...

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More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday. It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know.

To celebrate Nowruz, people light bonfires, set off fireworks and send wish lanterns floating off into the night sky.

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

Parsi New Year, which is also called Navroz or Nowruz, marks the beginning of spring and the renewal of nature. In Persian, ...

Date, Wishes, Images, Quotes: Nowruz transcends national and religious boundaries, being celebrated across diverse ...

The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...

Spring equinox rituals and traditions from around the world, from a mass water fight in Thailand to sun worship at Mayan ...

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