Spring's arrival brings one of the world's oldest celebrations. Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz, marks the vernal equinox - this year, Monday, March 20 - and kicks off nearly two weeks of ...

For the fourth year in a row, the Nowruz festival is making its way to Downtown Phoenix. Arizonans are invited to celebrate the arrival of spring alongside the Iranian community, welcoming the new ...

Horns roared, vibrantly-dressed performers twirled, and drummers stunned audiences. All of this and more were part of a lively celebration of Nowruz — the Iranian New Year — held at UCLA. Hundreds ...

Song, dance and celebration filled Harris Hall Room 108 on Monday as students and community members gathered for Nowruz, a holiday marking the new year in Persian and Turkic cultures. Traditional ...

Members with Ballet Afsaneh and Amir School of Music perform during a celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at the Mitchell Park Bowl in Palo Alto. Audience members were invited to dance with ...

Thousands of Kurds celebrate the new year festival of Nowruz in the hub city of Akra in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. They wear traditional Kurdish clothes, climb a mountain holding torches, ...