US EditionIran celebrates ancient fire festival ahead of Persian New Year as tensions with US loom
- The fire festival known as Chaharshanbe Souri is celebrated just before Nowruz, the Persian New Year.
- During the festival, people light bonfires, set off fireworks, and float wish lanterns into the sky.
- Participants chant, invoking warmth and energy to replace their ills while jumping over fires.
- Every year, there are injuries and sometimes deaths related to the celebrations.
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Iran celebrates ancient fire festival ahead of Persian New Year
TEHRAN: Iran’s fire festival offers a great opportunity to show the world what life looks like in the country. Known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi, the festival comes in the hours just before the Wednesday before Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year. To celebrate, people light bonfires, set off fireworks and send wish lanterns floating off into the night sky. Others jump
PHOTO GALLERY | Iran celebrates ancient fire festival ahead of Persian New Year as tensions with U.S. loom
Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year, and which falls next Wednesday.
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Iran celebrates ancient fire festival ahead of Persian New Year as tensions with US loom
Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year, and which falls next Wednesday.
Iranians celebrate fire festival, hoping to remedy ’all problems’
Iranians on Tuesday lit bonfires in the streets and jumped over them, carrying on an ancient tradition ahead of the Persian New Year to purify themselves and ward off evil spirits. The fire festival, called Chaharshanbe Suri, is celebrated every year on the night of the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year. In Tehran, fires illuminated the streets at dusk and the sound of songs and music filled the air. "We came here to have a little fun an…
Iranians celebrate fire festival, hoping to remedy 'all problems'
Iranians on Tuesday lit bonfires in the streets and jumped over them, carrying on an ancient tradition ahead of the Persian New Year to purify themselves and ward off evil spirits.The fire festival, called Chaharshanbe Suri, is celebrated every year on the night of the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year.In Tehran, fires illuminated the streets at dusk and the sound of songs and music filled the air."We came here to have a little fun and b…
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