IRANIAN TRADITIONS & BELIEFS FESTIVAL OF ZAYESHMEHR (YALDA) The Birth of God Mithra & Significance of Winter Solstice in Iranian Culture & Heritage Zayeshmehr* which is known as Yalda and Shab-e Cheleh in Persian is celebrated on the eve of the first day of the winter (December 21-22) in the Iranian calendar, which falls on […]
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Festival of Tiragan
The festival of Tiragan is observed on July 1st, and it is primarily a rain festival and it is one of the three most widely celebrated feasts (along with Mihregan and Norooz) amongst Iranian peoples. Tir in modern Persian,; Tishtar in Middle Persian or Pahlavi; and Avestan Tishtrya, is the Yazad presiding over the […]
Chaharshanbeh Soori: Persian Festival of Fire
Iranians outside and inside Iran are celebrating their national fest of Chahr-Shanbeh Suri Last Wednesday of the Iranian year know as Chahar Shanbeh Soori (Čahār Šanbé Sūrī – usually pronounced Čāršambé-sūrī), the eve of which is marked by special customs and rituals, most notably jumping over fire. On the eve of last Wednesday of […]
Iranian Film Wins Best Screenplay Award At Berlin Film Festival
The Iranian film “Closed Curtain” has won the top prize for best screenplay at the 63rd Berlin film festival.
Jashn e Sadeh, Persian Festival
Sadeh meaning hundred, is a mid winter feast celebrated with grandeur and magnificence in ancient Iran. It was a festivity to honor fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost and cold. Two different days were observed for its veneration.
Mehregan
Mehrgan was once a Persian festival, and possibly even older, but what forms it then remains in the realm of speculation. By the 4th century BC, it was observed as one of the Zoroastrian name-day feasts, a form it retains even today, even in (predominantly) Islamic Persia where it is of the few […]
Iran threatens to boycott Venice film festival over EU sanctions
A boycott would be unlikely to cause too much damage to this year’s programme on the Lido, considering that no Iranian films are up for the 2012 Golden Lion. Meanwhile, a Venice premiere is confirmed for Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master.
Iran’s Leila Hatami wins Best Actress Award at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Iranian actress Leila Hatami has won the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Best Actress Award for “Last Step” movie directed by Ali Mosaffa. The festival was held in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic from June 29 to July 7, 2012.
Sepandārmazgān
epandārmazgān (Persian: سپندارمذگان) or Spendarmad (Persian: سپندارمذ) or Sepandarmaz is an Iranian and Zoroastrian festival that was celebrated on the 5th day of the month of Esfand (Espand or Spant).[1]
Sadeh Festival, Celebrating the Birth of Fire
Sadeh is an ancient Iranian tradition celebrated 50 days before Nowruz (Persian New Year) on 30th of January. It is the celebration of the birth of fire, the fire that never dies in our hearts.