Carrot Mixed Rice, Havij Polow, with Fried Chicken for Yalda Night
Posted: 17 December 2015 Filed under: Carrot Mixed Rice, Havij Polow, Uncategorized 8 CommentsFrom the sunset in the last day of autumn (Dec 20th) till sunrise in the first day of winter (Dec 21st) we have practically the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere. And from then on, very gradually, days get longer until we hit the summer solstice six months later
Iranians mark “the longest and darkest night of the year” as Yalda, and have special rituals for it as they often do with other major celestial moments, namely Norooz, Persian New year on Spring Equinox and Mehregan, Persian Thanksgiving Festival around Fall Equinox
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