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Chaharshanbe Suri and Sizdah Bedar

Nowruz is framed by two outdoor festivals: Chahārshanbe-suri, the fire festival before the new year, and Sizdah be-dar, the picnic that ends it. Both are much older than Islam and fiercely loved.

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