Word: nowruz
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...Tehran University, the community in Iran preserves its identity by learning the Persian poetry of the Shah Nameh and holding religious classes and celebrations. She says Zoroastrians are accepted in Iran because they "represent a proud history" and all Iranians, regardless of religion, enjoy celebrating the Zoroastrian New Year, Nowruz, because it's an excuse to buy clothes and eat sweets. Mehraban Firouzgary, the head priest in the Zoroastrian temple in Tehran, agrees that most Iranians regard the Zoroastrian minority favorably, but he worries about the community's survival. "Zoroastrians have lived in Iran for over 3,000 years...
Paul D. Beran, the director of the Outreach Center at CMES, emphasized the multitude of populations that share in the Nowruz holiday...
CORRECTION APPENDED Cambridge residents and members of the Harvard community celebrated Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with traditional food, symbolic decorations, and a discussion of Persian culture last night in the CGIS-South concourse...
...customary Haft-Seen table—which features traditional symbolic elements of the Nowruz celebration—formed the centerpiece in the concourse. It included vinegar, which represents patience in the Persian heritage, as well as garlic, signifying good health. In the Persian language, all of the items on the table begin with the equivalent of the English “s” sound...