The Last Wednesday

Every year, Iranians celebrate the last Wednesday of the year, all over the world. This celebration is called "Char Shanbe Soori" and is believed to be a modern celebration. Why modern? Because after the invasion of Persia by Arabians, people changed many of their traditional celebrations to fight against their enemies. They celebrate the last Wednesday because it is the worst day of the week for Arabians. Also Zoroastrians believe that "Fire" is a holy symbol of God and it is not good to jump over it, while people do it for seven times.

These days this celebration is more like the western "New Year's Eve" and people use fireworks and make loud noises. See more photos here, here and here.

Posted by Shaahin at March 17, 2004 02:44 AM