Happy Norooz!

FarsiNet ^ | 3/20/2010

[sionnsar]

Nowruz 2569 (1389) will begin on: با شادباش نوروز - تحويل سال نو
تحويل سال نو ۲۵۶۹ - ساعت ۹ و ۲ دقيقه و ۰۰ ثانيه بعد از ظهر شنبه اول فروردين ۱۳۸۹ در ايران

Tehran:	Saturday:	09:02:00 PM	March 20, 2010
New York:	Saturday	01:32:00 PM	March 20, 2010
Chicago:	Saturday	12:32:00 PM	March 20, 2010
Denver:	Saturday	11:32:00 AM	March 20, 2010
Los Angeles:	Saturday	10:32:00 AM	March 20, 2010
London:	Saturday	05:32:00 PM	March 20, 2010
Paris:	Saturday	06:32:00 PM	March 20, 2010
Rome:	Saturday	06:32:00 PM	March 20, 2010
Berlin:	Saturday	06:32:00 PM	March 20, 2010
Athens:	Saturday	07:32:00 PM	March 20, 2010
Jerusalem:	Saturday	07:32:00 PM	March 20, 2010
Moscow:	Saturday	08:32:00 PM	March 20, 2010
Tokyo:	Sunday	02:32:00 AM	March 21, 2010
Sydney:	Sunday	04:32:00 AM	March 21, 2010
UTC/GMT:	Saturday	05:32:00 PM	March 20, 2010

[sionnsar]

Anything like Festivus?

No. It's quite old. And celebrated by all Persians. I have seen Haft Seens bearing Korans, and others with Bibles.

[sionnsar]

Nowrooz is the ancient Persian festival celebrating their new year and the coming of spring. It is based on Iran’s ancient heritage and religion which was Zoroastrian before the invasion of Arab moslems. It is a beautiful festival with many symbolic references to renewal, new day, peace, hope, “change” and the coming of spring and love and harmony. Many of symbols of Easter are similar to the Persian Nowrooz (nowrooz literally means new day!).

Amen, sister!! *\;-) But true in every word.

[sionnsar]

Happy who?

Okay, okay, there are lots of spellings (given that the original is in Farsi). NoRooz, NowRooz, Nauruz, etc. Read on and learn more about their new year festival. Persians tend not to do things in half-measures, and in terms of new year celebrations they make the West look like pikers.

[sionnsar]

Trying for sarcasm, poor results. Maybe I shouldn't have, but right now I got a son two blocks off the Iranian border dodging bullets from Muzzies. Two weeks ago one of his best friends took one in the heads. Shouldn't blame folks here in the states, but I'm way past playing PC.

Sorry to hear this news. Was that "heads" or "head"? Either way, one prays it wasn't fatal (though I am guessing the latter probably was).

But Nowruz goes WAY beyond (and before) Islam, and quite a number of wonderful (IMHO) folks here in America celebrate it. Christians and Bahai among them. (I don't know any Zoroastrians though I also know some mostly agnostic Iranians.)

[Recon Dad]

Head.......and he will be buried next week outside of Cleveland, Ohio. GySgt Rob Gilbert.

[Recon Dad]

Then i stand corrected.

[Vigilanteman]

The Zoroastrian religion, like Judaism, was one of man's earliest civilizing religions. The three kings who traveled to see the Christ child were Zoroastrians who thought that the birth of the son of God would finally tilt the balance between good and evil toward good.

From what I have studied about the founding of Islam, it would appear that the tilt toward good which Jesus Christ brought into the world once again put the good force of light and an equal evil force of darkness into a delicate balance and constant struggle between the two once again which will not be rectified in favor of good until Christ comes again. I believe that Zoroast, Bhudda and possibly others were prophets sent to prepare the way Christ for civilizations not then ready to accept him, but who will accept him when he comes again. Just my opinion based on my study of world religions.

[SunkenCiv]

Well said.

[SunkenCiv]

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[James C. Bennett]

No idea. It rests on faith, as it depends on whether one can really believe that the Red Sea parted or not.

[sionnsar]

Head.......and he will be buried next week outside of Cleveland, Ohio. GySgt Rob Gilbert.

May light perpetual shine upon him. Godspeed, GySgt Rob Gilbert. Amen.

[Ladycalif]

May the New Year Bring Freedom to Iran!

[FARS]

Much truth is said in jest or through allegory.

Check out these two entertaining AntiMullah articles, enjoy and perhaps share them with your friends and mailing lists.

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2010/03/amazing-holes.html

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2010/03/smart-truck.html

[celmak]

LOL! I’m dien’!

[FARS]

Glad you enjoyed it. Do a scroll down the page for some other items. You are up late or is it very early or just right somewhere in the Middle East or Turkey???

cheers

[Recon Dad]

I still shouldn’t have been rude on the holiday, sorry.

[uglybiker]

As if I needed another excuse to

fire up a ghelyoon


And pour an ice cold glass of Arak!

[MaryFromMichigan]

Thanks for starting my day off with a laugh!

[bert]

Spring sprung
Fall fell
Winter came
It was cold as hell