Sadeh
sadeh persian سده also transliterated sade iranian festival date back achaemenid empire sadeh celebrates day nowruz sadeh persian mean hundred refers one hundred day night remains beginning spring sadeh mid winter festival celebrated grandeur magnificence ancient persia festivity honor fire defeat force darkness frost cold legend king hushang nd king mythological pishdadian dynasty pishdad mean give law established sadeh tradition said hushang climbing mountain saw snake wanted hit stone threw stone fell another stone since flint stone fire broke snake escaped way discovered light fire hushang cheered praised god revealed secret lighting fire announced light god must admire according religious belief jashne sadeh recall importance light fire energy light come god found heart creature ancient time jashne sadeh celebrated lighting fire zoroastrian chief preparation sadeh still part gathering wood day festival teenage boy accompanied adult male would go local mountain gather camel thorn common desert shrub iran first time away family occasion resembles ritual passage adulthood notable step boy enroute manhood boy would take camel thorn temple city first time return celebration held home presence friend family ancient time fire always set near water temple see also fire temple fire originally meant assist revival sun bring back warmth light summer also meant drive demon frost cold turned water ice thus could kill root plant fire kept burning night day woman would go fire morning taking small portion fire back home make new glowing fire blessed fire temple spread blessing sadeh fire every household neighborhood whatever left fire would taken back shrine placed one container kept temple next year way fire kept burning year round eternal fire also symbolizes love homeland always alive like fervent fire people heart festivity would normally continue three day evening spent eating giving food donation food prepared slaughtered lamb distributed among poor elaborate report celebration sadeh muslim conquest persia th century ad come th century ad reign mardavij ziyarid dynasty ruler isfahan ziyarid dynasty best maintain persian tradition bonfire set side zayandeh river remember sadeh custom fire kept specially built metal holder hundred bird released firework lighting sky firework dancing music lavish feast roasted lamb beef chicken delicacy today ceremony celebrated somewhat like ancient time iranian city kerman yazd jashn e sadeh also celebrated every year kushke varjavand garden karaj township tehran province splendidly presence persian zoroastrian others interested traditional persian ceremony sometimes fire lit outside activity take place inside zoroastrian temple activity camel thorn gathering almost stopped though effort preserve tradition however bulk iranianspersians becoming familiar occasion gathering celebration even outside country january year people gather pray hold others hand form circle dance around fire every year january thousand zoroastrian iran country celebrate religious feast jashne sadeh burning firewood open space signify coming spring symbolic token eternal fight mischief cave mountain near yazd called chakchak fire temple every year special ceremony held sadeh feast believed last zoroastrian princess took shelter ad muslim expanded power east although majority iranian sadeh religious significance specific ritual involved lighting fire sunset cheerful time iranian faith make collective effort day keep ancient tradition celebrate preciousness creation sadeh complex history two different day observed festival veneration addition day day night beginning new year hundredth day gahambar ayathrima already noted celebration marked hundred day religious new year religious new year necessarily spring new year clear two sadeh festival different region different date many zoroastrian holy day celebrated twice likely caused calendar reform rd century ad since sadeh officially recognized celebrated government tajikistan january people multiple different city iran celebrated sadeh wake ongoing protest sadeh celebrated great number people prepared fire symbol sadeh feast across iran among city celebrated sadeh tehran tabriz izeh ahvaz shiraz kerman sanandaj isfahan zanjan kermanshah yazd malayer mashhad city hormozgan tehran district amanieh shahrara andisheh shahriyar hafthowz ekbatan beheshti sohrevardi neighborhood sadeh celebrated preparing fire people also gathered mountain northern tehran made fire celebrate sadeh culture iran fire ancient iranian culture iranian festival iranian culture zoroastrian calendar muslim convert zoroastrianism sadeh festival holland video article related sadeh zoroastrian news news zoroastrian ceremony world zoroastrian news network wznn mahtāj rasouli feast fire persian jadid online january mehrāveh soroushiān audio slideshow jadid online january min sec krasnowolska anna sada festival – encyclopaedia iranica encyclopædia iranica retrieved