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[ad#imapnov08] Shab-e Yaldā or Shab-e Chelleh is an Iranian festival originally celebrated on the Northern Hemisphere's longest night of the year, that is, on the eve of the Winter Solstice. The 13th century Iranian poet Sa'di wrote in his Bustan:…
[ad#imapnov08] The fall of Babylonia, and the issuance of the first charter of nations and declaration of human rights by Cyrus the Great. On 13 October 539 BC, Kourosh the Great, the founder of Iran and the first king of…
Sheikh Safi-ad-din Is'haq Ardabili (of Ardabil) (1252-1334) (Persian: شیخ صفیالدین اردبیلی), eponym of the Safavid dynasty, was the spiritual heir and son in law of the great Sufi Murshid (Grand Master) Sheikh Zahed Gilani, of Lahijan in Gilan Province in…
[ad#imapnov08] Persian music and New Year traditions have been registered on UNESCO's List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Tradition of Persian New Year, Nowruz, and the Radif of Iranian music were inscribed on the list during the 4th…
[ad#imapnov08] The 14th Annual Persian Festival of Autumn in Orange County, October 4, 2009 Mehregan Commemorates the Triumph of Love and Knowledge over Ignorance The 14th Annual Persian Festival of Autumn (Mehregan) will be held at the Great Park in…
[ad#imapnov08] The City of Kerman in central south of Iran is home to the lone anthropology museum of the world's Zoroastrians. The museum is located at the fire temple of the city. The idea of establishing the museum goes back…
[ad#imapnov08] The traditional Persian festival of nature, which is also a finale to the Nowruz celebrations, celebrated by Iranian. Sizdah-Bedar is an ancient Iranian nature festival dating back to at least 4,000 years ago and marks the last day of…
[ad#imapnov08] An Azeri version of the Quatrains (Rubaiyat) of Omar Khayyam, a noted Iranian poet was unveiled in a ceremony at Baku, Azerbaijan Republic. At the event attended by a number of Iranian and Azerbaijani literary figures, artists and poets,…
[ad#imapnov08] On the eve of the Persian New Year a selection of Jalal al-din Rumi's poems has been published in Swedish. The book is entitled "Vassflöjtens sång" (The Song of the Reed) and includes the most famous poems of "Divan-e…