Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iranian fruit sellers set up their produce in a shop in Tehran, Iran, on December 20, 2007, in preparation for Shab-e Yalda. The U ...

An ancient Iranian festival that basically celebrates the coming of the winter solstice and the longest night of the year for centuries is Yalda Night (or Shab-e Yalda; also, Shab-e Chelleh). It ...

One of the oldest Persian celebrations, Shab-e Yalda (Yalda Night), sometimes referred to as Shab-e Chelleh, is annually observed on December 21 by Iranians all over the world. Yalda is a winter ...

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On Shab-e Yalda, the Iranian celebration of the winter solstice, elders take turns reading from a book of poetry by celebrated 14th-century Persian poet Hafez, and interpret the rhyming couplets as a ...

A ceremony on the occasion of Shab-e-Yalda was held at Khana Farhang Iran, Rawalpindi. Addressing the ceremony, Gilgit-Baltistan Minister for Agriculture Kazim Maisam said that Iran and Pakistan have ...

Dec. 21 (UPI) --The U.S. State Department marked the Persian winter solstice holiday of Shab-e Yalda with a criticism of the Iranian regime's human rights record. "Shab-e Yalda should be a joyful time ...

Known as Shab-e Yalda or Shab-e Chelleh, the celebration spans the time between sunset on the final day of autumn and sunrise on the first day of winter. With roots stretching back centuries, Yalda ...