Sizdah Be-dar

Sizdah Bedar
Iranians in the Netherlands celebrating Sizdah Bedar, April 2011
Observed by Iran
 Afghanistan[citation needed]
CelebrationsPicnicking outdoors
DateApril 1 or April 2
Frequencyannual
Related toNowruz, Charshanbe Suri

Sizdah Bedar (Persian: سیزده‌بدرsīzdah bedar),[1][2] (lit. 'Thirteen outdoor') also known as Nature's Day (روز طبیعتrūz-e tabī'at),[citation needed] is an Iranian festival held annually on the thirteenth day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian calendar (and the first month of spring, during which people spend time picnicking outdoors.[1] It marks the end of the Nowruz holidays in Iran.[3]

  1. ^ a b Shahbazi, A. Shapur. "NOWRUZ ii. In the Islamic Period". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  2. ^ Mosaheb, Gholamhossein, ed. (2002) [1966]. "سیزده‌بدر" [Sizde be.dar]. The Persian Encyclopedia (in Persian). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Tehran: Amirkabir. p. 1404. ISBN 964303044X.
  3. ^ "Iranians mark Sizdah Bedar in nature". mypersiankitchen. April 2, 2010.

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