tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post4905441517785452600..comments2023-10-02T16:29:40.087+01:00Comments on neo-resistance: Welcoming the New year: Wednesday Fire FestivalNajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-64549353436923600082008-03-21T01:02:00.000+00:002008-03-21T01:02:00.000+00:00Id,The answer is: Not being in Iran at the time of...Id,<BR/><BR/>The answer is: Not being in Iran at the time of the season :)<BR/><BR/>Although, I have to say that even if I were in Iran, I was unlikely to do what I did when I was a little kid :)Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-16570751962437963892008-03-20T22:20:00.000+00:002008-03-20T22:20:00.000+00:00Thanks for the heads up on that Naj! and Happy Now...Thanks for the heads up on that Naj! and Happy Nowrooz!<BR/><BR/>The similarities with Haloween are uncanny especially since Haloween celebrations are often seen as leftover remnants of pagan rituals!<BR/><BR/>Not wanting to intrude, but why have you not been able to celebrate it for so many years, given that you miss it so much what stops you?Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-71574352654227532802008-03-20T03:45:00.000+00:002008-03-20T03:45:00.000+00:00Id, thank you!We sing to fire, as we jump over it:...Id, thank you!<BR/><BR/>We sing to fire, as we jump over it:<BR/><BR/>"my yellow be yours, your red be mine"<BR/><BR/>Charshanbe souri shares a lot of common practices with Halloween. We cover ourselves under big sheets, and go to friend's and neighbor's houses, knock on their doors (actually we hit a bowl witha spoon; this is called Ghashogh-Zani) and hold out a bowl. They either give us nuts Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-63169545853298701112008-03-19T22:54:00.000+00:002008-03-19T22:54:00.000+00:00"give our fatigue to fire, and take up its heat an..."give our fatigue to fire, and take up its heat and colour for the new year to come." What a beautiful way to ring in the new year, and how poignantly you articulated it!Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-83114229926504431202008-03-19T11:37:00.000+00:002008-03-19T11:37:00.000+00:00Jim,Persian's festivals and traditions are very na...Jim,<BR/><BR/>Persian's festivals and traditions are very nature oriented. Proof of pragmatism; if you ask me! :)<BR/><BR/>Rick,<BR/>Flames larger than a candle light do frighten me. Must be due to being caught in a house ablaze at the age of 7!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-47052991141488326402008-03-19T01:32:00.000+00:002008-03-19T01:32:00.000+00:00Happy New Year! Now don't say this in front of chi...Happy New Year! <BR/>Now don't say this in front of children but...Playing with fire is fun!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111132651663342181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-6916029529128261492008-03-18T22:13:00.000+00:002008-03-18T22:13:00.000+00:00naj I know I told you before but you are an educa...naj<BR/> I know I told you before but you are an education I never knew this.<BR/> The Sumerian's, the founders of some of the oldest city-states in ancient Mesopotamia (Bain al-nahrayn 3000BC, present day southern Iraq), celebrated their new year by growing barley in the first month of their calendar in March/April and, in fact, their New Year was called The Festival of the Sowing of Barley. jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.com