Sizdah Be-Dar (frequently stylized as “13 Bedar”) means in Persian literally13th in outdoors. It is a festival in the Iranian culture and part of the Nowruz new year celebration rituals, held on the 13th of Farvardin (the 1st month of the Iranian calendar), during which people spend ti...
Nowruz, also known as Persian New Year, has been observed for more than 3,000 years as the victory of spring over darkness.
The Iranian also actively participate in Chaharshanbeh Suri, or the fire festival, on the eve of the last Wednesday to bid farewell to the old year and start a prelude to the new year. With the fall of the dusk on Tuesday, Iranians celebrate the fire festival by jumping over bonfires a...