Iran Press/ Middle East: Nawab Nouri, Consul General of the Islamic Republic in Aleppo, head of the Faculty of Literature of Aleppo University, and a number of Syrian professors and students attended the Yalda night ceremony on Wednesday night.
In this event, the Faculty of Literature of Aleppo University in Syria's students got acquainted with the Iranian Yalda night customs.
Some of the Iranian traditions of Yalda night were presented to the professors and students of the Faculty of Literature of Aleppo University.
'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.
Traditionally, people gather in the house of a family elder or grandfather, stay up all night, telling stories and eating watermelon, pomegranate, and dried fruit, in anticipation of the sun rising.
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