I celebrate your day Chaya. We celebrate this day in Turkey too.. Becasue we are so close countries as distance and culturel. My name is Serdar. if u wanna u can add my msn or skype address. take care..
skype: ssserdar msn: [email protected] On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Chaya Eitan <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy New Year to the people of Iran and may be be free soon! FREE IRAN!! > > http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1427964431776&id=75eed7c7db719cc88eed19fc0045c595 > > Chaya > > > --- On *Fri, 3/19/10, M. Abdollahi <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: M. Abdollahi <[email protected]> > Subject: [ESL Podcast] Iranian New Year > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 10:08 PM > > > * > Nowruz*, (meaning 'New Day') is the traditional ancient > Iranian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-Meri-0>festival and > also the start day of Iranian "New Year". > Nowruz is celebrated by Iranian people and many other parts of the world, > including parts of Central Asia, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea > and some ethnic groups in Albania, Bosnia, Serbia and the Republic of > Macedonia. > > Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in > Iranian calendar. > > The term Nowruz in writing, first appeared in Persian records in the second > century AD, but it was also an important day during the time of the > Achaemenids <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_dynasty> , where > kings from different nations under the Persian > empire<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_empire>used to bring gifts to the > emperor also called King of Kings ( > Shahanshah <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahanshah>) of Persia on > Nowruz.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-5> > > The UN's General Assembly in 2010 recognized the International Day of > Nowruz, describing it a spring festival of > Persian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_people>origin which has been > celebrated for over 3,000 > years.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-6>During the meeting of > *The Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible > Heritage* of the United Nations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations>, > held between 28 September – 2 October 2009 in Abu > Dhabi<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi>, > Nowrūz was officially registered on the > UNESCO<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO>List of the Intangible Cultural > Heritage of > Humanity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-7><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-8><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-9><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-10>. > Since 2010, the United Nations General > Assembly<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly>recognizes > *March 21 as the "International Day of > Nowruz".*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-11>On 15 March 2010, > The > United States House of > Representatives<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_United_States>passed > *The Nowruz Resolution* (H.Res. 267), by a 384-2 > vote<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-12>, > "Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Nowruz" > > source: Wikipedia.com > > *Happy New Year to Iranian and who has Shamsi > Calendar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_calendar>. > (21 March)* > > -- > Mohammadreza > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ESL Podcast". > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just > reply this message > For invite your friends, visit: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to eslpodcast+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ESL Podcast". > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just > reply this message > For invite your friends, visit: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to eslpodcast+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- Serdar Serdaroglu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions
