It's that time of the year, the night before the last Wednesday of the year. Time to celebrate the triumph of light and health over darkness and sickness!
Ali and I just did our own little Chahārshanbe Sūrī festival - چهارشنبهسوری - in our living room since we can't exactly build a bonfire on the streets of Lowell.
You are supposed to sing a song with these lyrics:
Zardî-ye man az (ane) to, sorkhî-ye to az (ane) man...
"My yellowness [sickness] is yours [fire], your redness [strength/health] is mine."
We sang to each other the best we could, and each jumped over a candle a couple of times while the other clapped and sang. To finish, we ate some Ajīl-e Moshkel-Goshā (= "problem-solving nuts").
[ wikipedia reference ]
Here's a great video my mother found from iran.tv outlining Norooz. Check it out around 6:40 to see what the fire-jumping is all about.
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