Category: Festivities

On November 17th, the students of the ZAC-LA Religion Class, ranging in age from 3 to 15, hosted a Gratitude Gahambar.  The event allows each student’s family to invite guests to whom they wish express gratitude. The students work the event under the guidance of their parents.  They set up the Arjani Hall, hauling tables… Continue reading ZAC-LA Religion Class Hosts 2nd Annual Gratitude Gahambar

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