Nowruz, the Persian New Year that marks the beginning of the spring, was celebrated at Asia Society on Saturday with traditional music, dance and crafts from Central Asia and Iran. The day of ...

LOS ANGELES -- After thousands of Iranian demonstrators were killed in a January crackdown, Shima Razavi Gacek wanted to keep alive her family's favorite springtime holiday traditions but didn't feel ...

Members with Ballet Afsaneh and Amir School of Music perform during a celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at the Mitchell Park Bowl in Palo Alto. Audience members were invited to dance with ...

Horns roared, vibrantly-dressed performers twirled, and drummers stunned audiences. All of this and more were part of a lively celebration of Nowruz — the Iranian New Year — held at UCLA. Hundreds ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the cycle of seasons through Earth, the second the sun crosses the vernal equator marks the start of Nowruz. Nowruz – or “new day” in English – is the Persian new year celebrated by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today is Nowruz. It marks the coming of the new year in some cultures. But what is Nowruz, and why do people celebrate it?

London’s Iranian community comes alive for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which marks the arrival of spring and the start of the new year in the Iranian calendar. Falling on the spring equinox (this ...

Nowruz — the Iranian New Year — is one of the biggest holidays of the year for Iranians, and is usually celebrated with large parties and get-togethers. It's an ancient holiday, with pre-Islamic roots ...

Spring in D.C. is marked by certain annual rituals—a flood of cherry blossoms and the bigger flood of tourists they bring with them (cue rant about navigating Metro escalators), seemingly endless ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nowruz has been celebrated for more than 3,000 years across Iran and much of Central and West Asia, with the festival rooted in ...