Chaharshanbe Suri
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Chaharshanbeh Suri or Charshanbeh Suri or Chahar-shanbe suri, is an Iranian festival of the fire dance celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, of ancient Zoroastrian origin. Since the
Charshanbe Suri in Iran.
Holika bonfire in Udaipur, Rajasthan, Northern India, 2010.
Jumping over the fire; Tehran, March 2018.
Charshanbe Suri in Vancouver, March 2008.
Iranian folklore
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Iranian folklore encompasses the folk traditions that have evolved in Greater Iran.
Chaharshanbe Suri
…an Iranian writer of prose fiction and short stories, published a book, Tup-e Morvārid, in reference to the cannon that criticizes the old beliefs in Iranian folklore. The book also mentions the origin of the Pearl Cannon. Today, the Pearl Cannon is placed in the opening of Building Number 7 of the Ministry of Foreign…
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.