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[rs 1] [rs 3] [rs 4] According to Dehkhoda, [rs 5] "Yalda is a Syriac word meaning birthday, and because people have adapted Yalda night with the nativity of Messiah, it's called the name; however, the celebration of Christmas (Noël) established on December 25, is set as the birthday of Jesus. Yalda is the beginning of winter and the last ...
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.
For Yalda Night, a Persian celebration of the winter solstice, sumptuous snacks and dips are in order. ... Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe Yalda), marks the longest night of the ...
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.
In Iran, Persian rugs have always been a vital part of the Persian culture. Antique Persian Mashad rug. Iranians were some of the first people in history to weave carpets. First deriving from the notion of basic need, the Persian rug started out as a simple/pure weave of fabric that helped nomadic people living in ancient Iran stay warm from
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) Facing the possibility of a Russian conquest of Tehran and with Tabriz already occupied, Persia signed the Treaty of Turkmenchay; decisive and final cession of the last Caucasian territories of Iran comprising modern-day Armenia, the remainder of the Azerbaijan Republic that was still in Iranian hands, and Igdir ...
The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was known in the Western world) is intertwined with Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning from Anatolia to the Indus River and from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf.
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.