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A Persian "Haft Sin" table featuring seven foods and objects all beginning with the letter "s" (photo: Imago/UPI Photo)

Nowruz: one of the world's oldest festivals

"My paleness is yours, your colour is mine!"

The Iranian New Year celebration "Nowruz" has been a feature of Persian culture for more than 2,500 years. The roots of this festival lie in the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. Today, more than 300 million people all over the world celebrate Nowruz. Shohreh Karimian looks back at the history of this new year celebration and explains some of its customsMore

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Nowruz celebration minus the festivities: Persian New Year is usually the time when family and friends come together to welcome the spring. In other years the streets would be full of people celebrating. But many Iranians have modified their celebrations this March in response to the corona crisis, spending the time at home with only their nearest and dearest. Some, however, still want to capture the beginning of spring on camera, like this man in Tehran's Mellat Park

Nowruz – The Iranian New Year

Nowruz is one of the oldest celebrations in the world. It has been a fixture on the cultural calendar in many regions for more than 2,500 ...More