Two funny videos on Persian vs. British partnering and parenting practices made by a group of second-generation Iranian immigrants in the UK:
Archive for the ‘Persian Arts and Culture’ Category
New Year’s Day religious service in Isfahan
Monday, January 2nd, 2012Here are some photos of the New Year’s Day religious service at Holy Savior Cathedral (or Vank Cathedral) in Isfahan. Photos are from ISNA and Mehr News Agency:
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Tags: Holy Savior Cathedral, Isfahan, New Year's Day religious service, Vank Cathedral
Posted in Persian Arts and Culture |
Posted in Persian Arts and Culture |
New Year’s Eve church service in Tehran
Monday, January 2nd, 2012Happy New Year!
Some photos of the New Year’s Eve church service at Saint Sarkis church in Tehran –from Mehr News Agency:
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Yalda shopping
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011Yalda, a traditional Persian festival, is the celebration of the longest night of the year.
To use technical terms 
, Yalda is the eve of the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere which usually occurs on 20 or 21 December each year.
Yalda Night is still celebrated by many Persians around the world. Here are some photos of Yalda shopping this year in Iran:
From Fars News Agency:
From Mehr News Agency
From ISNA
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Shajarian’s London Concert
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011If you would like to have a taste of Persian classical music, then watch the following video produced by the BBC’s Persian Service. The clip is a compilation of a recent concert by Mohammad Reza Shajarian that took place at Royal Festival Hall on London’s Southbank.
* If you don’t have time to watch the whole video, skip ahead to about 7’30’’ and watch the Char Mezrab bit for about 5 minutes.
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Majnoon, a Greek adaptation!
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011This is a beautiful intercultural lyric video based on the classical love story of Leyli and Majnoon. Perhaps, Leila in this clip is Greek! A Persian-Greek romance, hummm I like the idea. 
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