Iran celebrates ancient fire festival ahead of Persian New Year as tensions with US loom
Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...
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I'm Persian and the 13 days of cleaning I always do to mark Nowruz – the first day of spring and Iranian New Year – will spruce up your house in no time
It’s a sentimental holiday, and celebrates the rebirth of nature, as the spring vernix – the astronomical arrival of spring ...
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M. MÜNIR ERTEGÜN FOUNDATION Presents Prof. Tolga Cora: Armenians and Oriental Carpets in the Late Ottoman Empire: A Social History
This talk examines the social history of oriental carpets, particularly the production and circulation of carpets by Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. It discusses the central role of mass ...