What is Chaharshanbe Suri?
{{Infobox holiday |holiday_name = Chaharshanbe Suri |type = national |image = ČAHĀRŠANBA-SŪRĪ.jpg |caption = Charshanbe Suri in [[Tehran]], March 2018. |nickname = Charshanbe Soori |observedby = {{flag|Iran}}<br />{{flag|Afghanistan}}<br />{{flag|Azerbaijan}}<br />{{flag|Iraqi Kurdistan}}<br />{{flag|Tajikistan}}<br />{{flag|Turkey}} (by [[Azeris]], [[Kurds]] and [[Persians]]) |litcolor = |longtype = National, ethnic, cultural |significance = |date = The last Tuesday eve before the [[March equinox|vernal equinox]] |scheduling = |frequency = Annual |weekday = Tuesday |month = [[Esfand]] ([[March]]) |relatedto = [[Nowruz]], [[Sizdah Be-dar|Sizdebedar]] }} '''Chaharshanbe Suri''' is an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] festival celebrated on the eve of the last [[Wednesday]] before [[Nowruz]]. It is also the first festivity of the Nowruz Celebrations festivals (the Iranian [[New Year]]). == Meaning == Chaharshanbe in Persian means Wednesday and Suri means red or fire or sun. The sun was one of the early Gods of the people in old times, praise of the sun have deep root in the old festivals and Suri festival also has relation with the praise of sun and the dead. Sur means red also means sun [[solar deity]] and [[Surya]] with the same root of the [[Sul]]. As [[Herodotus]] explained Ertaeyan(Iranian) were worshiping the sun. the importance of fire can be felt while we look at the stone inscriptions of [[Achaemenid]] kings also the very first mantra of [[Rig Veda]] is in the praise of Fire. Chaharshanbe Suri and [[Holi]] festival had the same roots in ancient Arian religions. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Dr.Ajam|date=2015-03-16|title=Newrouz and Chaharshanbe Suri|url=http://parssea.org/?p=5791|access-date=2022-03-08|website=Parssea|language=Persian|archive-date=2020-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627023000/http://parssea.org/?p=5791|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> [[File:Holi Bonfire Udaipur.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Holika bonfire in [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], 2010.]] == Observances == [[File:Mahasti-hayedeh-C