IRAN
Updated on 2013-12-31 14:18:27
Yulia Markova: "Girl is putting a candle in Saint Sarkis Church in Tehran. Much of Iran's population is Muslim, so the new year celebrate only minorities uniting people from Assyria and Armenia. (REUTERS /Morteza Nikoubazl)"
Written on 2013-12-31 14:21:59
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Press TV/Iran/Yalda Night/12/20/2009
Yalda, Shab-e Yaldâ (Persian: شب یلدا), "Night of Birth", or Shab-e Mehr (Persian: شب مهر) "Night of Mithra", or Shab-e Chelleh (Persian: شب چلّه, Azerbaijani: چله گجه سی; lit. "Night of Forty") is the Persian winter solstice celebration which has been popular since ancient times. Yalda is celebrated on the Northern Hemisphere's longest night of the year, that is, on the eve of the Winter Solstice. Depending on the shift of the calendar, Yalda is celebrated on or around December 20 or 21 each year.
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