With spring around the corner, Iranians everywhere are preparing for the Persian New Year with food, music and rituals — and for the first time, so is Mickey Mouse. In a video published earlier this ...

Every March, 300 million people from across the world take part in celebrations that involve leaping over bonfires, performing folk music and reciting poems, cleaning every inch of their homes and ...

Nowruz is an occasion for honouring family, and people visit one another and feast together (Credit: GeckoPhotos/Getty Images) Rather than fading from relevance, the values of this ancient festival – ...

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Spring's arrival brings one of the world's oldest celebrations. Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz, marks the vernal equinox - this year, Monday, March 20 - and kicks off nearly two weeks of ...

NEW DELHI: Nowruz, the 13-day festival, is in full swing and millions worldwide are preparing to take part in the festivities and celebrations rooted in the ancient Persian Empire. Stretching from ...

Nowruz, or the Iranian and Parsi New Year as it is famously known, is the celebration that marks the beginning of Farvardin, the first month in the Zoroastrian calendar. People from around the world ...

Names of contributors have been changed for safety reasons. In the days before the Persian new year festival of Nowruz, Iranians would usually be excitedly preparing. "We'd be busy getting ready … ...