More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday. It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know.

To celebrate Nowruz, people light bonfires, set off fireworks and send wish lanterns floating off into the night sky.

The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in ...

Emergent Arts' third annual Lantern Festival is set to begin today at 5 p.m. at David F. Watkins Memorial Park, with ...

Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar announced Friday that Ramadan will begin on Saturday after the sighting ... “barongsai” or “lion dance,” a prominent part of Chinese New Year celebration, to ...

The recent island wide Hokkien New Year celebration organised by the Penang Deanery Chinese Apostolate on Feb 1, 2020 and held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Penang, has regrettably ...

Locals can expect dazzling performances, mouth-watering eats, and hands-on cultural experiences at Darwin’s Chinese New Year celebration this weekend. Find out more. On March 1, the Darwin Chung ...

UDHS ASA Senior Student Leadership Awards were presented to Rebecca Giang and Isabella Xiem at the Upper Dublin Lunar New Year celebration Feb. 2, 2025. (Photo courtesy Upper Dublin Chinese ...

On Feb. 22, it will be 15 days since the Lunar New Year began ... together in celebration of culture, unity and solidarity. Inside the concert hall, musical performances will begin at 11 a.m ...

These items are a must-have for Tibetan New Year, or Losar, which is observed as a multi-day celebration in Xizang. Losar customs begin with house cleaning on the penultimate day of the Tibetan ...

Netizens noticed that the couple had not appeared together since her birthday celebration in May 2023 ... they were believed to have spent Chinese New Year apart. Netizens noticed from the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The largest Lunar New Year Celebration outside of Asia was on ABC7, the now official broadcast partner of the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade. From the faces to the floats ...