... The first celebrations have also been attached to the Persian religious reformer, Zoroaster, who is generally agreed to have been a real person, his name appearing in some of the earliest writings, such as the Avesta. Zoroaster founded the religious system of ancient Persia and is even mentioned by Greek and Latin authors such as Plato, Pliny, Plutarch and Dio Chrysostom. There is no general agreement on when he lived; estimates range from 5,000 years before the Trojan War to 660 B.C. ...
Nevruz – the new year - the spring equinox, the day when night and day are approximately the same length of time, the first day of spring, a day of ancient rites from pagan times The Kurds consider Nevruz their day of liberation from oppression as expressed in Read More
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