Zoroastrians worldwide, along with some Iranians deeply interested in their ancient traditions, gather to celebrate Sadeh, ...

Yalda Night (Shab-e Chelleh) is a Persian winter celebration held on or around December 20 or 21 each year. These days, many Iranians are out buying fruits like pomegranates, watermelons ...

For Yalda Night, a Persian celebration of the winter solstice, sumptuous snacks and dips are in order. Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe Yalda), marks the longest night of the year ...

Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe ... Snacks like these make the longest night of the year a cause for celebration.

Something tells me we weren’t the first to recognize their similarities. Next year, Yalda will fall on the sixth night of Hanukkah, an even more aligned opportunity to celebrate. Through Erev ...

The Premier of British Columbia, Canada, David Eby, extended Yalda Night greetings in Persian. In his message on the social ...

I like to make the dip a day or two before Yalda Night, to give the flavors time to meld. If you can find them (or feel like making them yourself), serve the dip with a traditional Iranian flatbread ...

Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen The author serves flavorful dips like Zeytoon Parvardeh (left) and Lubia Pokhteh for her Yalda Night celebration.

Yalda or Yalda Night is an ancient Persian festival that ... Romans in 304 CE because of her religious beliefs. Modern day celebrations have been mixed with earlier Norse traditions such as ...

The mystics believed that on the year’s longest and darkest night — usually December ... we produced a short film of a beautiful Erev Yalda celebration featuring actor and producer Michaela ...