Noruz

Every year the community hosts a weeklong celebration of Noruz, the Iranian New Year.

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

Noruz is both secular and ecumenical and remains the single holiday that all Iranians share: everyone has a place around the ceremonial table set with dishes that signify happiness, health, and wealth.

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

It manifests itself through their obsessive rituals during the ancient Zoroastrian holiday Noruz, their family gatherings, their warm hospitality and their insistence that their children should speak Farsi and read poetry.

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RAMAN (voice over): To understand just how big Noruz, new year's, is in Iran, think of every holiday you know combined into one.

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RAMAN: For Noruz, seven symbolic items are displayed in homes for 13 days.

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Revolution Day, 11 February (1979); Noruz (New Year's Day), 21

The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Revolution Day, 11 February (1979); Noruz (New Year's Day), 21

The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Revolution Day, 11 February (1979); Noruz (New Year's Day), 21

The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Revolution Day, 11 February (1979); Noruz (New Year's Day), 21

The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Revolution Day, 11 February (1979); Noruz (New Year's Day), 21

The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency