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Farzanegan Highschool Kashan- Iran replies to Hildesheim-Germany about Iranain holidays

Hello all,

Here are Iranian ceremonies and holidays.

1) Subjec:about yalda night

Hello my dear friends:

There were many festival in my country, the name of one festival is yalda. This is the longer night of year. In this night we get together in grand mother’s and grand father’s house.and we stayup until last night. we eat in it watermelon and dried nuts. The dried nuts to co0nsist of :dryfig, peanut, pistachio,

Indigestion, hazel nut ,raisin ,chick pea and … .

2)

Hello my dear friends

We write our ceremonies for you

Ramadan month

We are Moslems and things necessary to be done to fast.

A month in Iran is Ramadan's month.

In this month we don't eat and drink before sun rise (dawn) to after sun set for to obey from minister of god.

In Ramadan we eat food full of energy for example date, shole zard, and halva and …

There are three night in Ramadan that we don't sleep to morning and wants forgiveness from god & read Koran.

Norooz

The first day of New Year is called" Norooz" in Iran.

 I want to speak a little about our Food in Norooz.

We eat some special things in New Year. We eat dried nuts: pistachio, roasted pumpkinseed, sunflower seed, watermelon seed, almond, peanut, walnut, roasted chickpeas & raisin. Beside dried nuts we eat different sweets, Such as: candy, cotton candy &other kinds of confections. Some people eat special food. Of course, it can be different from one city to another city. We eat vegetable rice and fish. There are a lot of different ceremonial in Iran for New Year, too. We go to our grandfather & grandmother's house and visit them in first or second day of New Year.

Yalda night

There were many festivals in my country; the name of one festival is yalda. This is the longer night of year. In this night we get together in grand mother’s and grand father’s house. And we stay up until last night. We eat in it watermelon and dried nuts. The dried nuts to co0nsist of: dryfig, peanut, pistachio,

Indigestion, hazel nut, raisin, chick pea and ….

Moharram

Moharram is the first month of dnaryear. We remember innocence and sacrifice and the beauty of spirit human with the name of it moharam is the symbol of love and divine, the symbol of the love of human to god and the love of god to human.

Ashore event is a big event that human mild a lot of it’s reasons and accidents are ambiguous for yet some times thinking to the innocence of karbala’s martyrs cuses that some cruel cry for them.

The submissively smile of Ali Asghar when he was ready for arnrtyrity on imam Hussein hands, the exotic crying of roghaye the imam Hussein three years daughter that died on top of the her fathers cutted head for separation of him .the oppression and bravery of imam Hussein young boy

3)National Holidays in Iran

The Iranian calendar is based on the movement of the sun.

The Iranian year begins on the first day of spring; i.e. it is the first day of the first month of the first season of the Iranian year, when the length of the day and night is equal. The Iranian year has four seasons and every season has three months.

The first six months of the Iranian year have 31 days each. The next five months are 30 days long and the last month has 29 days except that every four years there is a leap year when the last month is 30 days long.

The sequence of the months and days, and the dates they coincide with, are as given below:

Spring

Farvardin: 21 March-20 April

Ordibehesht: 21 April-21 May

Khordad: 22 May-21 June

Summer

Tir: 22 June-22 July

Mordad: 23 July-22 August

Shahrivar: 23 August-22 September

Autumn

Mehr: 23 September-22 October

Aban: 23 October-21 November

Azar: 22 November-21 December

Winter

Day: 22 December-20 January

Bahman: 21 January-19 February

Esfand: 20 February-20 March

One of the characteristics of the Iranian calendar is that the first day of the year or the New Year's Day (Norooz or New Day) coincides with the first day of spring, when nature begins to wake up after its winter sleep. It is for this reason that the UN has named the Iranian New Year's Day the Day of the Earth. The beginning of the year is celebrated gloriously and the celebrations are called Norooz, a ceremony that has a history of some thousands of years. The festivities last 13 days and normally there is a countrywide bank holiday during the first 4-5 days and on the 13th day.

During the New Year holidays most of the people leave their homes to travel in the rest of the country, as is the custom. They go to visit the more attractive and climatically pleasing parts of the country.

"Sofreh Haftseen" or the tablecloth with seven Ss, is a custom that is seriously observed by all Iranians. Before the New Year begins a tablecloth is spread on the floor or a table and seven objects are placed on it whose names begin with an "S". In addition a volume of the Holy Koran and a few gold fish in a bowl of water are also placed on the cloth..

On the 13th day of the new year which is the last day of celebration and is known as "Sizdeh-be-dar" (out on or with the 13th) every body goes to an outing, a picnics in the country, in a park, by a river... somewhere closer to nature. They spend a joyful day in the midst of nature and dispel the bad omen of the figure 13.

Norooz is the most important Iranian festivity. Before this festivity begins and during the days of its duration Iranians extravagantly celebrate the coming of the new, the revival of nature with spring. The 12th day of Farvardin (the 1st month of the Iranian year) is known as the Day of the Islamic Republic because it was on this day in 1979 (2nd April 1979) that Iranians participated in a referendum and almost unanimously voted for an Islamic Republic.

The 14th of Khordad (4th June) is the day Imam Khomeini (RH) passed away and is an official holiday. The 15th of Khordad (5th June) is the day of the uprising of the citizens of Qom who in 1963, led by Imam Khomeini (RH), organized demonstrations against the Shah's regime in which a number of citizens lost their lives. This too is an official holiday.

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The 22nd of Bahman, the day of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 (11th February) and the 29th of Esfand (20th March), the day of the nationalization of the oil industry, are also official holidays.

From 12 to 22 of Bahman (1st-11th of February) celebrations are held as the Ten Days of Fajr on the occasion of the victory of the Islamic Republic. It was on the 12th of Bahman 1979 that Imam Khomeini (RH) returned to Iran, from exile in Paris, and was received by millions of happy people. Ten days later the Islamic Revolution's victory was established. During the ten days of this celebration many festivals are held. In particular, the country's most important film festival and a number of artistic and sports contests and tournaments are held during these ten days.

But many festivities and occasions of official mourning in Iran are held according to the Islamic calendar which runs on the movement of the moon round the earth and the earth round the sun observed as changes in the shape of the moon. This calendar has a 355 or 354-day year, i.e. it is 11 days shorter than the solar year, on average. So, many Islamic occasions are held on different days with respect to the Iranian solar year. The Islamic year has 12 months as follows: 1- Moharram, 2- Safar 3- Rabi-ol-Awwal 4- Rabi-ol-Thani 5- Jamadi-ol-Awwal 6- Jamadi-ol-Thani 7-Rajab 8- Shaban 9- Ramazan 10- Shawwal 11- Zighadeh 12- Zihajjeh.

Because of the 11-day difference, the Islamic calendar does not coincide with the Iranian calendar. So, the Ashura, which is the day of martyrdom of Imam Hossein (AS), the third Imam of the Shias, and which is held on the 10th of Moharram of each year coincided with 27th of Farvardin of 1379 (16 April 2000). In 1380 it coincided with the 16th Farvardin 1380 (2001) and in 1381 it will coincide with the 5th of Farvardin (2002).

Iranians' most important annual occasions of feast or mourning, which are also official holidays, are as follows:

9th & 10th Moharram: mourning for the martyrdom of the third Imam of Shias, Imam Hossein (AS), and his entourage.

20th Safar: Arbain, the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Hossein.

28th Safar: the death of the holy Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him).

29th Safar: the death of Imam Reza, the eight Imams.

17th Rabi-ol-Awwal: the birthday of the Prophet and the sixth Imam of Shias, Imam Jafar Sadegh.

3rd Jamadi-ol-Thani: the death of Hazrat Fatemeh, the daughter of the Holy Prophet.

13th Rajab: the birthday of Imam Ali (AS)

27th Rajab: the day the Holy Prophet was informed of his prophet hood.

15th Shaban: the birthday of Hazrat Mahdi (AS), the 12th and last Imam of Shias.

21st Ramazan: the martyrdom of the 1st Imam, Hazrat Ali (AS).

1st Shawwal: Eede Fetre, the end of Ramazan (the month of fasting).

25th Shawwal: the martyrdom of Imam Jafar Sadegh.

10th Zihajjeh: Eede Ghorban.

18th Zihajjeh: Eide Ghadire Khom.

The months of Moharram and Ramazan are the two most important months for Shias, and in the lives of Iranians.

During Moharram, Iranians spend sorrowful days mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hossein (AS), the son of Imam Ali (AS) and the grandson of the Prophet.

Ramazan is the month of fasting. All Moslems refrain from eating, drinking and smoking during the daytime. They can eat at sunset. After eating they go to mosques to mourn Imam Ali (AS), the first Imam of Shias, who was struck with sword while in prayer, on the 19th of Ramazan, and passed away on the 21st.

Those who visit Iran during Ramazan must remember that Moslems are very sensitive about their religious principles. Visitors must refrain from eating, drinking or smoking in public during Ramazan. But they may do so in the hotels, airports etc, where they will be given excellent reception.

Best wishes,

Farzanegan Highschool, Kashan, Iran

Hello all dear friends,

These are our holidays in Iran. Some our holidays are from our Muslim and some of them are just for Iranians that they are appear in above calendar.

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With the Best wishes

Zahra Zare, Farzanegan Highschool, Kashan, Iran

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