Iranian Student Association at University of Vermont

Dear All,

Thanks for attending our annual ceremony “Nowruz”

HAppy Now year 1402 😊🕊️❤️

We are pleased to invite all of you to our new year ceremony (Nowruz 1402). 🎉✨

Ticket: https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=743306&

Throwback to the Yalda night we celebrated on Dec 21st.
Start of the winter and also the longest night of the year.
❄️🍉🌰🥜🎊🥂

We are so excited to announce that this year’s Nowrouz celebration will be held by IRSA on March 18th. Iranian Student Association at the University of Vermont invites you to join us to celebrate the Persian New Year – “Nowrouz 1401”; a fun-filled evening of food, traditional music, group dance and DJ performances, and a brief introduction to the history and culture of Iran!

Tickets are $10 for UVM students and $20 for General Admission (Link in bio)
https://uvmtickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2245

Date and time:
March 18th, 6pm-9pm

Location:
Mt. Mansfield Dining Room – Davis Center

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us at [email protected].

#عید #نوروز

Memorial #176 🖤

Sizdah-bedar is an Iranian festival tradition, celebrated in the thirteenth day of the Norouz (Persian New Year).

Iranians have a tradition of spending the day outdoors on the 13th day of month Farvardin. ''Sizdah-'' means thirteen, and ''-bedar'', means to get rid of, i.e "getting rid of thirteen". From the ancient times, Iranian peoples have enjoyed this day, although it is also the day that marks the end of the Norouz celebrations.

The first 12 days of the year are very important, because they symbolise order in the world and in the lives of people. The 13th day marks the beginning of the return to ordinary daily life.

It is customary on this day, for families to pack a [[picnic]] and go to a park or the countryside. It is believed that joy and laughter clean the mind from all evil thoughts, and a picnic is usually a festive, happy event.

A ritual performed at the end of the picnic day is to throw away the ''Sabzeh'' from the Norouz' Haftsin table. The sabzeh is supposed to have collected all the sickness, pain and ill fate hiding on the path of the family throughout the coming year! Touching someone else's sabzeh on this thirteenth day or bringing it home is, therefore, is considered bad omen, and may inviting other peoples' pain and hardship to oneself.

Another tradition on the 13th, is the knotting of blades of grass in the hope of finding a companion. The knotting of the grass represents love and the bo***ge of a man and a woman.

We would like to thank the UVM community and those who joined us to celebrate Nowruz 1398! We hope everyone had a great time and enjoyed the celebration! And, here are the photos from the event. Please tag yourself (or you friends).
P.C. Eric Hobson