This article is about the festival. For the film, see Chaharshanbe Suri (film).
Chaharshanbe Suri
Charshanbe Suri in Iran.
Also called
Fharshanbe Soori
Observed by
Iran Afghanistan Tajikistan Iraq Azerbaijan Turkey Elsewhere by Iranian diaspora
Type
National, ethnic, cultural
Date
The last eve between Tuesday and Wednesday of the year, before the vernal equinox
2023 date
14 March
2024 date
12 March
2025 date
18 March
2026 date
17 March
Frequency
Annual
Related to
Nowruz, Sizdebedar
Chaharshanbeh Suri or Charshanbeh Suri (Persian: چهارشنبهسوری, romanized: Čahāršanbe suri;[1][2][3][4] lit.'Scarlet Wednesday'), is an Iranian festival of the fire dance celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, of ancient Zoroastrian origin.[2] It is the first festivity of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year.[5][6]
^How To Pronounce Chaharshanbe Suri چهارشنبهسوری. How To Say, 21 March 2022.
^ abCite error: The named reference Iranica was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Moin, Mohammad, ed. (2002) [1972]. "چهارشنبهسوری" [Č.-šanba(-e)-sūrī]. Moin Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Persian) (One-volume edition based on 6-volumes ed.). Tehran: Moeen Publications. ISBN 9789647603072.
^Mosaheb, Gholamhossein, ed. (2002) [1966]. "چهارشنبهسوری" [Čahār.Šanbe suri]. The Persian Encyclopedia (in Persian). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Tehran: Amirkabir. p. 811. ISBN 964303044X.
^Fu, Alison (March 13, 2013). "Iranian fire-jumping festival delights Berkeley residents". The Daily Californian.
^Razavi, Mahboobeh (March 1, 2019). "Chaharshanbe Suri in Iran - The Festival of Fire". SURFIRAN.
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