To celebrate Nowruz, people light bonfires, set off fireworks and send wish lanterns floating off into the night sky.

Chaharshanbe Souri, or the Wednesday Feast, is celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz. This festival is steeped in tradition and serves as a symbolic farewell to the old year and a ...

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

Known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi, the ancient festival comes on the last Tuesday of the year, ahead of Nowruz, the ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s an Ancient Game Night, “Ouroboros” and “¡A Bailar!” ...

More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday. It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know.

Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...

Throughout the arid regions of Iran, agricultural and permanent settlements are supported by the ancient qanat system of tapping alluvial aquifers at the heads of valleys and conducting the water ...

A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive ...