Chahar Shanbeh Soori - Ancient Persian Fire Festival- Tuesday Night, March 16^th, 2021

"Char Shanbeh Soori," or in many variations of its spelling, Chahar Shanbeh Souri, Chahar Shanbeh Suri, etc., is one of the Iranian people's major celebrations that they celebrate on the night of last Tuesday () of the Iranian new year. For more detailed information about Persian or Iranian New Year "No_Rooz," please visit http://www.TexasFiveSTarRealty.com/NoRooz.asp

 Chaharshanbe-Suri (Persian: چهارشنبه‌سوری), pronounced Charshanbe-Suri (Persian: چارشنبه‌سوری) is the ancient Iranian festival dating at least back to 1700 BCE of the early Zoroastrian era. The fire festival is a prelude to the ancient Norouz festival, which marks the arrival of spring and the revival of nature. Chahrshanbeh Suri celebrated on the last Tuesday night of the year (eve of the Wednesday before the Iranian New year). The word Chahar Shanbeh means Wednesday, and Suri is red. The bonfires lit at sunset, and the idea is not to let the sun set. Bonfires lit to keep the sun alive till the early hours of the morning. The celebration usually starts in the evening. On this occasion, people make bonfires on the streets and jump over them. The young shoot lots of fireworks before and during Chaharshanbe Suri (literally: Feast Wednesday).

This year's Chahar Shanbeh Soori is on Tuesday 03/16/2021. At sunset, after making one or more bonfires, people jump over the flames, singing "sorkhi-ye to az man, zardi-ye man az to," literally meaning" [let] your redness [be] mine, my paleness yours."

Events around the Town:

Typically, Almost any major city or Metropolis in the US and worldwide organized special events, shows, and concerts with famous singers, dancers, special foods, etc. This year, due to the Pandemic, there is no public event scheduled (that I am aware of). However, some online presentations and individual households may celebrate as such in their backyard, etc.

To see a sample of such live celebrations in the street of Tehran, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td1e7njaCLM