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Yaldā Night (Persian: شب یلدا shab-e yalda) or Chelle Night (also Chellah Night, Persian: شب چلّه shab-e chelle) is an ancient festival in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Dagestan and Turkey that is celebrated on the winter solstice.
In Zoroastrian tradition the longest and darkest night of the year was a particularly inauspicious day, and the practices of what is now known as "Shab-e Chelleh/Yalda" were originally customs intended to protect people from evil (see dews) during that long night, [rs 7] at which time the evil forces of Ahriman were imagined to be at their peak ...
On the winter solstice, in a tradition that goes back to around 500 B.C., Iranians stay up until dawn to see the new sun that is born in the morning; yalda means “birth” in Persian. To get ...
Shab-e Yalda: Also known as The turning point. End of the longest night of the year, and beginning of growing of the days. Sepandarmazgan: Day of Love, Friendship and Earth in ancient Persian culture. Chaharshanbe Suri: Festival of Fire, last Wednesday night in the Iranian Calendar year.
Poshti (Persian: پشتی) is a backrest cushion upholstered with rug fragments. It is a traditional piece of furniture and part of the Iranian culture . Similar in appearance to a pillow but sturdier in material, poshti can have a square or rectangular shape.
A korsi in Nain Anthropology Museum Persian korsí. A korsi or korsí (Persian: کرسی) is a type of low table found in Iran and Afghanistan, with a heater underneath it, and blankets thrown over it. It is a traditional item of furniture in Iranian culture. A family or other gathering sits on the floor around the korsi during the winter.
The holiday is akin, both in terms of timing and also the concept (the birth of the sun), to Yalda Night. Given the historicity of Turko-Persian (religious, literary, and cultural) ties, and the symbolism of pomegranate fruit among Iranians during Yalda, the two festivities manifestly share origins.
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