12/03/2024 22:55 (UTC)

Iran celebrates "Charshande Suri", a 3,000-year-old popular festival

Tehran (Iran), March 12 (EFE).- Iranians danced, sang and jumped over bonfires this Tuesday in the ancient festival of "Charshande Surí", a festival of purification with Zoroastrian roots prior to the arrival of Islam to the Persian country, but which is modernizing at a rapid pace.

FOOTAGE OF IRANIANS PARTICIPATING IN THE MILLENNIUM FESTIVAL OF "CHARSHANDE SURÍ".

Camera: Aydin Shayegan.

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Date: 12/03/2024 21:39 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Arts, culture and entertainment
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 156 seconds
Reference: 55013127495
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