Just some things I have noticed. please feel free to correct, amend or comment: Symbol Before The full sun, 100% light Now A crescent moon with about 5% light (reflected, not of original source) Color Before White for divinity, life and light Now Black for mourning and death Calendar Before Solar, fixed Now Lunar, goes bac ... Continue reading »
Born In An Iranian Prison ... And Into A Lifetime Of Consequences A young prisoner sat blindfolded, facing a wall in Tehran's Evin prison. It was April 2010, nearly a year after the disputed presidential victory of Mahmud Ahmedinejad sparked massive street protests and thousands of arrests. The room was silent, but suddenly he heard a voice ... Continue reading »
The Persian Cultural Association of South Australia Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer-based organisation with no political or religious affiliations, aiming to serve the Persian community, and facilitate the integration of Persian-Australians into mainstream South Australia. This Association consists of members from the Persian society and is governe ... Continue reading »
This is supposedly a "tradition" that I've never heard of it before! It's called Yalda's sabad aaraay! سبد آرای شب یلدا ... Continue reading »
The Eve of the Yalda has great significance in the Persian/Iranian Calendar . Shab e Yalda is a time of joy . ... Continue reading »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YaldaYalda (Persian: یلدا)), Shab-e Yalda (Persian: شب یلدا), "Night of Birth", or Zayeshmehr (Persian: زایش مهر) "Birth of Mithra", or Shab-e Chelleh (Persian: شب چلّه, Azerbaijani: چیلله گئجهسی; lit. "Night of Forty") is the Persian winter solstice celebration[1][2] which has been popular since ancient times. Yalda i ... Continue reading »
In this article, I am trying to demonstrate the connection of Iranian celebration of Yada to the celebration of Christmas. About a few thousand years ago, when Iranians and Indians still lived together, they venerated a common god by the name of Mithra. The night of his birthday was the winter solstice which later on after the advent of Chri ... Continue reading »
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