According to The Iran Project,Iranians jump over the fire to celebrate Chaharshanbe Suri, an ancient festival held on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian calendar year in mid-March. However, many families have regretted the loss of their loved ones during the festivity in recent years because of incidents caused by use of dangerous incendiary ...

Chaharshanbe Suri is an Iranian festival celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz. The concept is indeed intriguing: The eve of the last Wednesday (so technically, Tuesday evening) before the turn of the year, called in Persian ChaharshanbeSuri, which literally means Wednesday Festivity. Some argue that suri also means red, hence ...

Chaharshanbe Suri is an Iranian festival celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz. The concept is indeed intriguing: The eve of the last Wednesday (so technically, Tuesday evening) before the turn of the year, called in Persian ChaharshanbeSuri, which literally means Wednesday Festivity. Some argue that suri also means red, hence ...

Preservation of nature and environment was the most important principle of life for ancient Iranians and they always performed rituals of joy under the pretext of giving thanks to God. Nowruz at the beginning of spring, Tirgan in summer, Mehregan in autumn and Jashnilda to welcome winter were four festivals that were held in each season, some of ...

AP Iranians are celebrating the Festival of Fire, a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition that this year offers a brief escape from the countrys economic woes. The celebration is held on the last Tuesday night before Nowruz, or the Iranian New Year, which will be celebrated this Thursday. The annual ritual dates back to at least 1700 B.C. and ...

IFP - An integral part of the ancient Persian festival Charshanbe Soori (Fireworks Wednesday) is a spoon-banging ritual, which seems to be an ancestor of the trick-or-treating in modern Halloween celebrations. Every year on the eve of the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year, Iranian people do some trick or treating, literally called spoon-...

Tasnim Firecracker-related incidents left 4 people dead and over 1,799 others injured in Chaharshanbe Soori, a fire festival held on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Iranian calendar year, the head of Irans Center for Emergency Medical Services said. According to hospital statistics, more than 1,799 were injured as a result of firecracker-related ...

IRNA | Mahdi Jafari, Akbar Tavakoli: Iranians welcome the arrival of spring with an ancient fire festival known as �Chaharshanbe Suri� or �Red Wednesday.���    

Tasnim Iranians are celebrating Chaharshanbe Soori, an ancient fire festival held on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Iranian calendar year. The Chaharshanbe Soori festival is full of special customs and rituals, especially jumping over fire. Fireworks and bonfires traditionally mark the last Wednesday of the Persian year. As the sun sets,...

MNA Chaharshanbe Suri, observed on the eve of the last Wed. before Iranian New Year, is a festival of fire from ancient times, which is now barely recognizable from its original from in the hustle and bustle of metropolis Tehran. The concept is indeed intriguing: The eve of the last Wednesday (so technically, Tuesday evening) before the turn ...

IFP - IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 17 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. A top story today was the sudden death of renowned Iranian lyricist Afshin Yadollahi in a car accident near Tehran. The Persian fire ...

Tasnim Firecracker-related incidents left 10 people dead and over 2,350 others injured in Chaharshanbe Soori, a fire festival held on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Iranian calendar year, the head of Irans Center for Emergency Medical Services said Wednesday. Pir Hossein Kolivand said hospital statistics show that 2,351 people were injured ...

IRNA | Mohammad Reza AliMADADI: Iranians celebrate a historical Persian Festival of Fire, their hearts throbbing with the anticipation of approaching Nowruz (New Year) holidays even as they are concerned by notorious and dangerous celebratory antics by gung-ho revelers.   ...

IFP- Head coach of a popular Iranian football club has advised people to take necessary precautions on Chaharshanbeh Soori, a fire festival held on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Iranian calendar year, and do their best have a good time instead of endangering their lives. The head coach of the Iran Pro League club Esteghlal Tehran,...

Tasnim Iranians are celebrating Chaharshanbe Soori, an ancient fire festival held on the eve of the last Wednesday of Iranian calendar year. The Chaharshanbe Soori festival is full of special customs and rituals, especially jumping over fire. Fireworks and bonfires traditionally mark the last Wednesday of the Persian year. As the sun sets,...

AFP- An Iranian teenager making homemade fireworks for a festival ahead of the Persian New Year blew up his home, killing himself and six other family members, a prosecutor said on Saturday. The house in the northwestern city of Ardebil was flattened by the force of the blast, the city's prosecutor general, Naser Atabati, told the judiciary's Mizan ...

IFP- According to a Farsi report by Khabar Online, Hassan Sajedinia, the police chief of Tehran, referred to the upcoming Fireworks Wednesday festivals and warned that the users of dangerous explosive fireworks will be put in jail until the end of Persian New Year holidays in early April. 24 million illegal explosives of different types have been ...

Iranians lit bonfires, set off fireworks and sent wish lanterns floating into the night sky Tuesday to celebrate the Festival of Fire, a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition. The annual ritual dates back to at least 1700 B.C. and is linked to Zoroastrianism. It comes days before Nowruz, the Persian new year, which will be rung in on March 20.  ...

Iranian celebrate Chaharshanbe Suri tonight. It is a fire jumping festival celebrated by Iranians around the world. The event takes place on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz. Loosely translated as Wednesday Light, from the word sur which means light in Persian, or more plausibly, consider sur to be a variant of sorkh (red) and take it ...

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