Norooz |
| |
|
Celebrating Nowrooz with Cyrus the Great
Here are some photos from the Norooz celebration with Cyrus the Great in Iran. MORE >> |
|
|
|
Chahar Shanbeh Soori is Upon Us
It's almost that time of year again across the world! Time to clean house, dust off the old book shelves, buy some new clothes and get the Haft Seen ready!But wait, before you get cleaned up, MORE >> |
|
|
|
UN General Assembly Recognizes Norooz
Washington, DC - The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution recognizing the Persian New Year, Norooz, as an 'International Day' celebrated by over 300 million people
w MORE >> |
|
|
|
Nowruz: The Iranian New Year has truly gone GLOBAL
Normal
0
false
false
false
EN-US
X-NONE
X-NONE
MicrosoftInternetExplorer4
MORE >> |
|
|
|
Celebrating the Year 2568
<span class=" apple-style-span'="" style="">In celebration of the 2568th anniversary of the Persian New Year I
am posting a video which I created comprised of images I shot while
visitin MORE >> |
|
|
|
Norouz Anecdote, ca 1340’s (early 1960’s)
Normal
0
false
false
false
EN-US
X-NONE
X-NONE
MicrosoftInternetExplorer4
MORE >> |
|
|
|
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: FRONTIERS OF NOROOZ
Each year, nearly 300 million people around the world celebrate the new year on the first day of spring, known as Norooz. This major holiday originated in Iran and is celebrated by people through MORE >> |
|
|
|
Persian Arts Festival Presents Norooz Concert and Celebration!
Persian Arts Festival (PAF) has successfully revived Shab-e She MORE >> |
|
|
|
Farhang Foundation Short-Film Festival Winner to Be Featured at LACMA
LOS ANGELES, CA, December 24, 2008— Farhang Foundation, a recently established non-profit organization focused on celebrating Iranian art and culture in Southern California, today announced that MORE >> |
|
|
|
Sizdeh Bedar 2008: The Annual Persian Picnic in New York Metro
New York State’s Bear Mountain Park, located fifty miles north of New York City enroute to Albany has remained a popular outing get-together spot where Iranian-Americans have returned for over th MORE >> |
|
|
|
The Fifth Iranian-American Persian Day Parade
The spring vernal equinox, Norooz, the Persian (Iranian) New Year, celebrated for several millennia in the ancestral motherland, Iran, was once again showcased with an extravagant parade in New Y MORE >> |
|
|
|
Faces of The Persian Day Parade 2008
Once again thousand descended upon Madison Avenue and 41st street to take over Manhattan for a few hours this past Sunday, March 30th to mark the Persian New Year and coming of spring. The usual MORE >> |
|
|
|
Taking Babak Down Madison Avenue
For the last 4 years, we have participated at the Persian Day Parade with pride, energy and a sense of community. Every year, it seems the Persian Day Parade in New York gets bigger and better. T MORE >> |
|
|
|
Royal Family's Haft Seen
Former Empress of Iran Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi celebrates the Persian New Year Nowrooz with Family in Washington DC suburb. Grandchildren Princess Noor, Iman, Farah and parents Crown Prince Reza MORE >> |
|
|
|
Norooz The Iranian (Persian) New Year
Norooz, commemorating the New Year, has been celebrated in Iran, formerly Persia, throughout nearly three millennia of its recorded history. Norooz begins at the vernal equinox, the first day of MORE >> |
|
|
|
1st Annual Iranian New Year Parade Northern California
The Iranian/Persian New Year, Norouz (No-Rooz), is the first day of spring, marking the turn of a new season and an opportunity to look forward to a new beginning. This two-week long celebration MORE >> |
|
|
|
Norooz Is Nawroz In Tajikistan
Celebrations of Norooz take place around the world including feasts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Turkey, Tajikistan and other parts of the world. Here are some photos from the national Norooz MORE >> |
|
|
|
Nowruz 1386 In New York
Iranians presented colorful Persian costumes in New York at the Annual Persian Day Parade for Nowruz 1386 (21st March 2007). See selected pictorial from www.iranian.com MORE >> |
|
|
|
Sizdah Bedar All Over Iran
The following are images from villages, towns and cities in Iran on Sizdah Bedar, the 13th day of the Persian New Year. On this day, Iranians set out to throw away the sabzeh, make wishes and hav MORE >> |
|
|
|
Faces Of The Persian Day Parade 2007
The following is a photo essay from the Persian Day Parade held in New York City on March 25th, 2007. The Parade celebrates the Persian New Year which marks the coming of spring. Thousands of fan MORE >> |
|
|
|
San Francisco Celebrates Norooz
On March 23rd, San Francisco City Hall hosted more than 700 guests Bay Area Iranian-Americans to celebrate the Persian New Year.
The year 1386 started with a bang as performances rock MORE >> |
|
|
|
The Great International Haft Seen Display 1386
This year our haft seen pictures are from all over the world, including submissions from Tehran, Toronto, Seattle, New York, Vancouver and more.
Notable photos were sent in by Syma and Paul MORE >> |
|
|
|
Norooz Greetings From Around the World
I have received so many beautiful cards this year that I thought I would share some of the more artistic and original ones with you. Emails are pouring in from Tehran to Toronto and it is so nice MORE >> |
|
|
|
Norooz Banners For The City Of Irvine
Norooz is the traditional Persian New Year holiday celebrated throughout Middle Eastern and Central Asian areas including Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Georgia, Turkmenistan, T MORE >> |
|
|
|
Shahbanou Farah’s NowRuz Message to Compatriots
As Iranians worldwide are about to celebrate the Persian New Year amidst an increasing international tension in US-Iran Relations, the former Shahbanou of Iran’s annual Nowruz message has been on MORE >> |
|
|
|
Happy Persian New Year 1386
Wishing everyone at PersianMirror and around the world a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.May your haft seen tables be filled with lots of delicious Shirini and may you have a long and fun MORE >> |
|
|
|
Happy New Year To PersianMirror Staff And Readers
Wishing Everybody on PersianMirror a Very Happy Persian New Year 1386 of Peace and Prosperity.
May the coming year be as exciting and rich in the fields of Arts for everyone in our community bot MORE >> |
|
|
|
Nature's Norooz Message
We are approaching the Persian year 1386. The 21st of March, officially and according to all laws of nature, the beginning of a new cycle of life, is signed as the moment all Iranians around the MORE >> |
|
|
|
Nowruz In Prose And Verses
Fifty days after the ancient holiday of Sadeh, the feast of Nowruz is celebrated in Iranian culture. Nowruz is perhaps the most celebrated Iranian holiday. It is observed on the first day of MORE >> |
|
|
|
City of Irvine Displays Iranian Norooz Banners
I am pleased to announce that for the first time in history, the City of Irvine will be putting up 50 banners on Culver Drive, a major throughway, between 5 and 405 freeways from March 16 until A MORE >> |
|
|
|
Chaharshanbe Soori Festival in Berkeley
What I remember from my childhood in Iran is that this occasion was a day when my father and I would go out to a nearby woodland and gather dried bushes, and wood for the Chaharshanbe Soori celeb MORE >> |
|
|
|
SpringTree
Growing up as a young child in the States, my family celebrated Norooz in the traditional sense; similar to the celebrations in Iran. I was 10 when we left Iran, and although I recal MORE >> |
|
|
|
The Beauty of the Iranian New Years
No-Rooz, means 'New Day'. It is the new day that starts the year, traditionally the exact astronomical moment when the Spring season begins. This exact second is called 'S MORE >> |
|
|
|
Celebrating Norooz: the 1385 international haft seen display
The following are Happy Norooz Wishes from our readers around the world, including some Haft Seen photos which were sent in.
May the Norouz and many many days ever after, be the days of lo MORE >> |
|
|
|
Persian Arts Festival in New York A Real Success
The Persian Arts Festival, which
took place on Sunday March 19th, in New York City, right after the
Persian Day Parade was a real success. With hundreds and hundreds of
attendees, the four-flo MORE >> |
|
|
_small.jpg)
|
13 Bedar 85 in Tehran as viewed
The weather was mild, heaven like and sweet. The sky was blue and sun was shining, a bland breeze was combing thetress of greens. The people celebrated the 13 Bedar customs in relatively calm and MORE >> |
|
|
_small.jpg)
|
STREET SIGNS OF SPRING 85 IN TEHRAN
Here are some photos of the first signs of Norooz 85 in Tehran
streets. I was looking for a Norooz outfit and there were so many
stores on the streets. They were selling fish, greens (Sabzeh) a MORE >> |
|
|
|
Vancouver Norooz Street Festival
On Sunday, March 12th 2006, the Iranian-Canadian community in Vancouver staged its annual Norooz street festival. This event was the focal point of a cultural event that brought together Iranians MORE >> |
|
|
|
Norooz Takes Over Manhattan
NEW YORK, February 28th, 2006 –As the snow melts on the sidewalks of Manhattan, the city is slowlygetting ready for another major celebration. Persians from across theworld are coming together to MORE >> |
|
|
