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Yalda night celebration in Bosnian capital

Friday, 22 December 2023 12:59
Sarajevo(IP) - Coinciding with the Iranian Yalda celebration on the last day of autumn, a ceremony was held to commemorate this night as the longest night of the year in Sarajevo.

Podcast: Yalda night; Iranian ancient culture, festival

Thursday, 21 December 2023 13:48
Tehran(IP)- Every year, on 30 Azar in the Iranian calendar that falls on December 21 this year, Iranians celebrate the arrival of winter, the renewal of the sun, and the victory of light over darkness on Yalda Night. The event officially entered the official calendar of the ancient Iranians from 502 BC during the time of Darius I, commonly known as Darius the Great. 206

Yalda night: Family reunion to safeguard originally Iranian traditions

Thursday, 21 December 2023 11:13
Tabriz (IP)- The exhibition of preserving the national traditions of Yalda night was held in the historical and touristic city of Tabriz, the capital of East Azarbaijan province.

Iranians celebrate longest night of year, Yalda

Thursday, 21 December 2023 08:20
Tehran(IP) - Yalda' is a winter solstice celebration, it is the last night of autumn and the longest night of the year. Iranians and Farsi speakers all around the world, celebrate the last night of autumn as the rebirth of the sun and the victory of light over darkness.

Yalda night celebrated in Sarajevo

Thursday, 22 December 2022 15:57
Sarajevo (IP) - The celebration of the Iranian Yalda night was held in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, hosted by Iran's cultural attaché office, aiming at introducing this ancient ritual.

Yalda night ceremony in Northern Syria

Thursday, 22 December 2022 09:46
Aleppo(IP) - The Yalda night ceremony was held at the Faculty of Persian Literature of the University of Aleppo, northern Syria, with the presence of Iranian and Syrian officials.

Iran's FM spox reacts to US Foreign Ministry

Thursday, 22 December 2022 05:25
In response to the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the enforcer of sanctions and maximum pressure against the Iranian nation sheds crocodile tears for Iranians on Yalda night.

UNISCO registers 4 Iranian cultural heritage in 2022

Wednesday, 21 December 2022 20:34
Tehran (IP) - In the last year, Yalda Night, Silk weaving, Oud Instruments, and needlework were registered by UNESCO as intangible heritages of the world, Ali Darabi, Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage of Iran's Ministery of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts.

Yalda; Iranian celebrates sunrise after longest night

Wednesday, 21 December 2022 18:21
Tehran (IP) - 'Yalda Night' or 'Night of Chelleh' in the Persian language called 'Shab-e Chelleh' is an ancient festival in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Iraq's Kurdistan,... celebrated in the winter solstice, corresponds to the night of December 21. It originated in the pre-Zoroastrian tradition of worshiping God. Ancient Persians believed that evil forces were strongest on the longest and darkest night of the year. Hence, people stayed up all night, telling stories and eating watermelon, pomegranate, and dried fruit, in anticipation of the sun rising.

Yalda Night; Ancient as Iranian civilization

Wednesday, 21 December 2022 16:26
Tehran (IP) - Yalda Night, also known in the Persian language as "Shabe Chelleh," is the longest night of the year. Yalda traditions are ancient, like the civilization of Iran.