For more than 3000 years, Persians have celebrated Norooz, meaning "new day," which marks the spring equinox and the start of the Persian New Year. It follows the Iranian secular calendar, rooted in ...
Dancing, singing and joking their way through the night, performers at the Persian Students Association’s Fourth Annual Norouz Cultural Show entertained an exuberant crowd at the Power Center Saturday ...
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However, the ways they have employed to express their perception of spring are different from each other in each period. In a recent interview with the Tehran Times, Rashid Kakavand, a professor of ...
Herb-packed rice, syrupy sweets, and picnic feasts: The foods of Norooz celebrate the arrival of spring. For more than 3000 years, Persians have celebrated Norooz, meaning "new day," which marks the ...