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Charshanbe soori

By aryabhf
  • 650 BCE

    Started

    Started
    It was around this time that the Zoroastrianism gained popularity and people started to celebrate this event
    at this point, the tradition was to wear clean clothes and preapear to burn all the old clothes in preparation of new year
  • 500 BCE

    ghashoghzani

    ghashoghzani
    another ceremony that was combind into Charshanbesoori, was ghashoghzani or spoon tapping. young children would go out on the streets with their faces covered to scare of the evil by making the tapping noise
  • 500

    change of ghashoghzani

    change of ghashoghzani
    Like many other events, this tradition changed when was faced with the western holiday Holloween. Now adding to the old meaning the elders gave ghashoghzan-ers candies
  • Islamic revelution

    with the Islamic revolution, the dancing was somehow gone and replaced by more dangerous firworks
  • Return of the dance

    At the last few years, the dances have made a comeback and the government has allowed it. however there are over 45000 injuries due to unsafe fireworks each and every year