The countdown begins! Norooz 2011/1390 is almost is here… Are you prepared? Have you bought yourself a new set of clothes to wear at your family Norooz celebration? You better hurry. The 2011 Vernal (Spring) Equinox is coming, whether you’re ready or not.

For the second year, the Freer and Sackler galleries will mark the Persian New Year, known as “Nowruz,” with traditional displays of the haft sin table, fire jumping, storytelling, live music, art making, delicious food and more. The Persian New Year formally begins March 20, the first day of spring, but the Freer and Sackler [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY_utC-hrjI] Check out a Norooz/Nowruz/Norouz message from the President of the United States of America: Barack Obama!! He quotes Sa’adi, and even sends us an “Eid-eh shoma moBARACK“. (Although, Noroozetaan Pirooz would have been more authentic in language… but we’re not complaining, just hoping that maybe next year they’ll leave the Arabic word; mobarak out.)

Check out a Norooz/Nowruz/Norouz message from the President of the United States of America: Barack Obama!! He quotes Sa’adi, and even sends us an “Eid-eh shoma moBARACK“. (Although, Noroozetaan Pirooz would have been more authentic in language… but we’re not complaining, just hoping that maybe next year they’ll leave the Arabic word; mobarak out.)