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When:
March 20, 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
America/Los Angeles Timezone
2018-03-20T18:00:00-07:00
2018-03-20T20:00:00-07:00
Where:
UCCB Graduate Students Association
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Persian Language and Literature at UCSB celebrates the Nowruz festival
Join us to celebrate the ancient Nowruz and learn about Nowruz tradition
The program includes:
Exhibition of Nowruz table (/haft sin/
Potluck party
Nowruz is:
Beginning of Persian New Year
Spring Festival (Northward equinox) of Persian Origin celebrated for over 3000 years
Nowruz is celebrated by more than 300 million people in: Iran, Iraq, India, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kurdistan, Canada & the Kurd peoples in Georgia, Syria, & Turkey
The UN’s General Assembly in 2010 recognized the International Day of Nowruz. It was also officially registered on the UNESCO List of the intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
