Chaharshanbeh Suri or Charshanbeh Suri, is an Iranian festival of the fire dance celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, of ancient Zoroastrian origin. It is the first festivity of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year.
Charshanbe Suri in Iran.
Holika bonfire in Udaipur, Rajasthan, Northern India, 2010
Jumping over the fire; Tehran, March 2018
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, jumping over the fire in Piranshahr, Kurdistan province.
Iranian folklore encompasses the folk traditions that have evolved in Greater Iran.
A storytelling performance of the stories of Šāhnāme, the Iranian national epic, in Qazvin, Iran.
The statue of Arash the Archer at Saadabad, Tehran.
A Šāhnāme miniature painting, depicting a demon (div) throwing Rostam into the sea.
Griffin-like column capital statuary, from about 500 BC Persepolis, Iran. In local popular interpretation, the figures on these columns are perceived as representations of the Huma bird