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New year coincides with birthday of Persianfounder of Zoroastrianreligion. An overflow crowd packed the California Zoroastrian Center in Westminster on Saturday to celebrate the Iranian new year and – in what is probably the oldest birthday celebration in history – the birth of Zoroaster, the founder of the faith, by some calculations born nearly 4,000… Continue reading Iranian-Americans mark a doubly festive holiday

Yesterday was Navroze, the 2,500 year-old festival of the vernal equinox that a wide swathe of Asia celebrates. The two gentle communities from Iran who are part of us naturally celebrated it: Parsis and Baha’is. If you look, there are powerful messages coming from the calendar. This year, Easter and Eid-ul-Milad-un-Nabi, the Prophet’s birthday, are… Continue reading Yesterday was Navroze, the 2,500 year-old festival of…

CITY’S PARSI community celebrated Janshedi Navroz at Parsi Anjuman Mirbai Marg on Tuesday. Jamshedi Navroz is a Spring festival which falls on March 21 stated to be the start of springs and also the vernal equinox of the sun. Hence the name was kept as Navroz, which literally means the New Day. This is the… Continue reading Parsis pray, party & say Navroz

On the occassion of Jamshedi Navroze, the Persian New Year, I received a very interesting email from a friend, Tamina Davar. She writes about Navroze and what it means. And raises some very interesting points. This email is published here with her permission. You can leave comments below and she will answer them for sure.… Continue reading Navroze: Noruz: Nowroj: What’s in a name ??

Noruz, a festival marking start of the new Iranian year, is celebrated in Iran. Passage of time has not reduced importance of the traditional festival and it is being observed by people more gloriously each year than the previous year. Norouz rites start in the northwestern How To Get Your Ex Love Back Iranian city… Continue reading Noruz in Iran