Iran Events 2010
Jashan e Sadeh - Zoroastrian Midwinter Festival
Date: Janyary 2010 (Annual)
Venue: Iran
Description: This ancient traditional festival honours and celebrates the element of fire, sacred in the Zoroastrian faith, and in so doing keeps at bay the spirits of darkness.
Fajr International Film Festival
Date: February 2010 (Annual)
Venue: Tatr-e Shahr
Description: Commemorating the Islamic Revolution of 1979, each year the Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran screens some of cinema's most socio-politically sensitive, original and subtle productions.
Chahar Shanbeh Suri
Date: March 2010 (Annual)
Venue: Iran
Description: On the last Wednesday of the Zoroastrian year, just before the Spring Equinox, bonfires are lit in the streets of Iran and people jump through them, to exorcise the old year and its misfortunes and bring about the regeneration of the world through the new one.
Noruz: the Zoroastrian New Year
Date: March - April 2010 (Annual)
Venue: Iran
Description: This ancient Zoroastrian spring festival of the New Year celebrates the symbolic victory of light, goodness and fire, embodied in the figure of the Wise Lord Ahura Mazda, over darkness and evil, represented by the Dark God Ahriman.
Yalda Festival
Date: December 2010 (Annual)
Venue: Iran
Description: The ancient Zoroastrian feast of Yalda marks the longest night of the year. For the Zorastrians in Iran, the traditional celebration dates back several thousand years, when Zoroastrianism was the official religion of Persia.
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