Category: Festivities

Every year in the third week of March, Manijeh Irani, 64, makes a tour of the markets of her adopted city, Mumbai—grocery stores, stalls of fresh and dried fruit, sweet shops, even an aquarium—for goods to adorn her festive table for Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Article by Chandrahas Choudhury | Wall Street Journal Nowruz… Continue reading Celebrating the Persian New Year in Mumbai

On Thursday, 28th February in the evening the Zoroastrian Association of California celebrated the Meherangan festival, sponsored by Hootoxi and Ervad Dr. Ardaeviraf Minocherhomji, and well attended by over fifty people. The evening started with a Jashan performed by Ervads Zarrir and Zerkxis Bhandara along with present NAMC president Dr. Ardaeviraf Minocherhomji and the past… Continue reading Meherangan Celebrated with a Great Gusto by the ZAC Community

Zoroastrianism is a monotheistic faith that began in ancient Iran over 3,000 years ago. The Bay Area happens to be a hub for the Zoroastrian community, whose global population has dwindled to just over 100,000. With Nowruz (Persian New Year) celebrations winding down, KALW’s Asal Ehsanipour set out to explore her roots by learning more… Continue reading Navroze with the San Francisco Bay Area’s Zoroastrian Community

Zoroastrian New Year NoRuz Observations Highlight Parliament Themes of Love and Inclusion What started over 3000 years ago in Iran during the height of the great Achaemenian Zoroastrian kings— the celebration of the first day of spring — has now become a major festival of joy and love to herald the arrival of light, the… Continue reading The Promise of Inclusion, the Power of Love: NoRuz, the Zoroastrian New Year

Our dear friend Meher Amalsad sent us this beautiful write up of the Jashne Sadeh in Los Angeles, California Meher Amalsad writes … On February 18, 2018, under the esteemed guidance of our  religious class teachers Houtoxi F. Contractor, Shazneen Gandhi, Gulshan Pagdiwalla and Ervad  Zarrir Bhandara, for the first time a historic event was… Continue reading Jashne Sadeh – A Historic Celebration at Zoroastrian Association of California

The caves at Ajmalgadh a small mountain in Vansda, Gujarat, India. For over 14 years this place provided a safe refuge for The Iranshah, the holiest of our holy fires, 700 years ago. Today it was the location for a celebration the vibrations of which must’ve made the mountain sing and Ahura Mazda smile down… Continue reading Ajmalgadh Witnesses A Seminal Samast Anjuman Jashan

“It was a wedding laced with affection and not with power. Everyone who walked into the various functions was treated with equal affection and love, and that’s what set it apart,” says Suhel Seth about the recently concluded wedding of Tahira Karanjawala to Jatin Mongia in Delhi, which saw the power elite of the country… Continue reading Arun Jaitley, Mukesh Ambani spotted at the Karanjawala wedding in Delhi

The Dadar Parsee colony celebrated Jamshedi Navroze with great enthusiasm and festivities. This program was organized by the Mancherji Edulji Joshi memorial trust at the Dadar Parsee colony gymkhana. On this occasion, community members from the colony were felicitated at the hands of Patron Peroza Godrej and Padmabhushan Dr Tehemton Udwadia. The festivities continued with… Continue reading Navroze Celebrations at Dadar Parsee Colony

Zoroastrians Throughout North America Celebrate Ancient Tradition of NoRuz, Ushering in a “New Day” to Mark the Turn of the Spring Equinox Zoroastrians throughout North America will mark the celebration of NoRuz (pron. nouˈɾuːz), Tuesday, March 21, 2017, the official turn of the Zoroastrian New Year and the Spring equinox in the Northern hemisphere. Article… Continue reading NoRuz Celebrations Usher in New Day for Zoroastrians at Spring Equinox