Tirgan
tirgan persian تیرگان tirgān early summer ancient iranian festival celebrated annually tir july celebrated splashing water dancing reciting poetry serving traditional food spinach soup sholezard custom tying rainbowcolored band wrist worn ten day thrown stream also way rejoice child tirgan ancient iranian tradition still celebrated various region iran including mazenderan khorasan arak widely attested historian gardezi biruni masudi well european traveler safavid era celebration dedicated tishtrya yazata appeared sky generate thunder lightning much needed rain legend say arash archer man chosen settle land dispute leader land iran turan arash loose arrow th day tir arrow landed would lie border two kingdom turan suffered lack rain iran rejoiced settlement border rain poured onto two country peace stated birunis chronology order god wind bore arrow away mountain amol brought utmost frontier khorasan fergana tapuria gardizi given similar description although note arrow arash fell area fargana bactria tirgan celebrated every year mazandaran province amol northern iran capital tehran karaj central southern city yazd meybod ardakan kerman bam shiraz isfahan ahvaz farahan iranian zoroastrian faith also celebrate outside iran europe u tirgan festival summer solstice