or Lesser Sabbats, correspond with the Earth’s solar holidays such as solstices and equinoxes. They are: Each of these festivals is associated with fire symbolism, representing transformation ...

The fire festival, called Chaharshanbe Suri, is celebrated every year on the night of the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year. In Tehran, fires illuminated the streets at dusk and the sound ...

The fire festival is part of Iran's pre-Islamic heritage and generally frowned upon by the Shiite clerical establishment — ATTA KENARE Iranians on Tuesday lit bonfires in the streets and jumped over ...