The last Tuesday night of the year Iranians lite fires and there are fireworks. The people used to burn their old carpets and buy new ones in spring. To show their courage people would jump across the fire. Because I am in Iran I guess I should join the fun and see what this celebration is all about. So I went to the riverside of town, but did not see a lot of things happening. It appeared to me that most people do this at home. So I went to a diner and started talking with two Iranians. One of them invited me to his home to jump across fires there. They just finished jumping but offered to start the fire again for their foreign visitor. First I visited their home Father was retired and had worked in metallurgy, the daughter was studying agriculture. They offered me some tea and some fruit (it was 12 o clock at night!). After the warm welcome we went by car to look for a fire to jump across and found one.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Chahar Shambe Soori
The last Tuesday night of the year Iranians lite fires and there are fireworks. The people used to burn their old carpets and buy new ones in spring. To show their courage people would jump across the fire. Because I am in Iran I guess I should join the fun and see what this celebration is all about. So I went to the riverside of town, but did not see a lot of things happening. It appeared to me that most people do this at home. So I went to a diner and started talking with two Iranians. One of them invited me to his home to jump across fires there. They just finished jumping but offered to start the fire again for their foreign visitor. First I visited their home Father was retired and had worked in metallurgy, the daughter was studying agriculture. They offered me some tea and some fruit (it was 12 o clock at night!). After the warm welcome we went by car to look for a fire to jump across and found one.
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I see now that you're very courageous :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks pretty dangerous.
The picture is also very cool. Go Onno Go ;)