Iranians celebrate 'Chaharshanbeh Soori' fire festival ahead of new year

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Lighting fireworks and dancing around fires, Iranians in Tehran are celebrating "Chaharshanbe Suri", or "Fire Festival". The celebration is held annually on the night of the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year.

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00:00Go, go, go!

00:20It's an old tradition.

00:22Unfortunately, it's getting less popular.

00:25Or it's losing its identity.

00:27But I hope that there will always be an excuse,

00:31like on the 4th of July,

00:32when everyone gathers around each other

00:34to laugh and have a good time.

00:50There are a lot of economic problems.

00:52But I hope that in this pandemic,

00:56we can all have a good time.

01:01I hope that this holiday, this year,

01:06will get rid of all the problems.

01:10I hope that good things will happen to everyone.

01:22Happy Holidays!

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