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Persian Wedding Ceremony
As an unmarried teenager, I was supposed to stay out of the room in which the Persian wedding ceremony was performed.
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The Persian New Year
The most exciting event of the year, by far, was the Nowruz: the Persian New Year.
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Chaharshanbe Suri
The Fire Festival was so exciting for us as children. In my experience, fire was made in the kitchen and only used for cooking.
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Yaldā Night
Of my memories of winter, what stands out the most is the warmth and coziness of the korsi, a pot of hot charcoals placed under a knee-high table.
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National Picnic
I remember celebrating Sizdeh Bedar at several different gardens in Shiraz. This was the Persian festival of nature, a national picnic.