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The serious issue of so many holidays should not be tolerated [...]" [1] Iran is one of the countries with the most public holidays in the world, [citation needed] with 28 holidays. Many holidays' exact dates are determined by the Islamic calendar, and therefore their Gregorian dates vary from year to year.
Eid-e Fetr: "The Festival of Fast-Breaking" which comes at the end of Ramadan.People give gifts and money to the poor, the sick and others. Ramadan (Ramazan in Persian): Iranians have special recipes as Zoolbia-Bamieh, Shole Zard, Ferni, Halva and Ash Reshteh in Ramezan.
18 Shahrivar: Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) Celebrated as Haftai Shahid, or "Martyr Week". It is also observed as "Massoud Day" September 8: September 9: September 10 31 Sharivar: Start of Sacred Defence Week: Also called Holy Defence Week. Commemoration of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. September 21: September 22: September 23 10 Mehr: Mehregan
Here’s what to know about when, how, and by whom Nowruz, also known as Persian New Year, is celebrated—as well as how it began about 3,000 years ago.
The Iranian calendar or Iranian chronology (Persian: گاهشماری ایرانی, Gâh Ŝomâriye Irâni) are a succession of calendars created and used for over two millennia in Iran, also known as Persia. One of the longest chronological records in human history, the Iranian calendar has been modified many times for administrative purposes.
Tir (Persian: تیر, Persian pronunciation: [1]) is the fourth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, which is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Tir has thirty-one days, [1] spanning parts of June and July in the Gregorian calendar [citation needed]. In Afghan Persian it is called Saraṭān (Cancer).
Prior to changes introduced to the Iranian calendar, Chaharshanbe Suri and the Yazidi festival Çarşema Sor overlapped in dates. [17] The two seem connected, although some Yazidi claim that the name Çarşema Sor is a recent one and the festival was celebrated under other names dedicated to the Peacock Angel .
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