Iranican Reports: Chahar Shanbeh Soori in the Bay Area - Chahar Shanbeh Soori is one of the Persian holidays with the least amount of documented history. I personally never remember anyone teaching me the story behind this largely celebrated festival, why it is on a Wednesday, or why it is actually celebrated on Tuesday night? Wikipedia has a two paragraph article that says it has been celebrated since 1700 BCE, and other sources describe some of the old beliefs and rituals including bonfires, going door to door and asking for candy, making statues of those who passed and reunion with their spirit, amazingly similar to Halloween as it was originally celebrated by the Celtics. Although some believe it is a Zoroastrian tradition, if there is one article you must read, it would be this one claiming Chahar Shanheh Soori is even more ancient than Zoroaster.
Iranican Reports: Chahar Shanbeh Soori in the Bay Area
April 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments
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1 mehrdad ghaffari // Apr 16, 2008 at 12:31 am
hahaa i saw so many people i know in this video……..taghriban hamaro ta haddi mishnasam va chand ta ro khaili khoob mishnasam……..hich koja aziztar az bay area nabood………bring it on bayyyyyyybeeeeeee
FEELIN HOT HOT HOT
2 kamran(MTL) // Apr 16, 2008 at 3:58 pm
ta vastash didam ama be shadat maskhare bod :S
3 Kashki // Apr 20, 2008 at 4:55 pm
what’s the song called at 3:30!?
4 KolahGhermzi // Aug 11, 2008 at 4:49 pm
If you look closely on the video, every time a new song is played, the song name is displayed on the bottom right corner!
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