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Three members of the Persian community spoke about the diverse elements of Persian culture from their experiences in the Baha’i faith and living in Iran and Kyrgyzstan. Two graduate students read portions of the Shahnameh, an epic Iranian poem, in Persian...

Author: By Laura C. Mckiernan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Persian Community Celebrates New Year | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Laura C. Mckiernan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Persian Community Celebrates New Year | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...event last night, which drew a crowd of nearly 100, was co-sponsored by CMES, along with the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Harvard Kennedy School, the Harvard Persian Society, and the Harvard Iranian Student Organization (HISO). [SEE CORRECTION...

Author: By Laura C. Mckiernan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Persian Community Celebrates New Year | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Laura C. Mckiernan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Persian Community Celebrates New Year | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...March 19 story, "Persian Community Celebrates New Year," misstated the name of one of the co-sponsors. It is the Harvard Iranian Student Association (HISA), not Harvard Iranian Student Organization (HISO...

Author: By Laura C. Mckiernan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Persian Community Celebrates New Year | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

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