Category Archives: Holidays

Picnics and Rain Gods

Posted on 04/02/2010 by Heidi Noroozy

Today is sizdah bedar, the thirteenth day of the Persian new year and the end of the two-week celebration of spring and renewal. The phrase doesn’t translate elegantly into English, but it means that on the thirteenth day of the … Continue reading →

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Eid-e Shoma Mobarak

Posted on 03/20/2010 by Heidi Noroozy

Happy New Year! Today celebrates two important events: Persian New Year (Norooz) and the vernal equinox. All around the world, Iranians, Afghans and Zoroastrians of all nationalities will be ringing in the new year at precisely the same moment, regardless … Continue reading →

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