Iranian American Society of NY invites you to celebrate 🔥 4 Shanbe Soori 🔥
Entry includes Dinner, Fire Jumping and Kids Entertainment (Face Painting, Balloons, Popcorn, Cotton Candy & More!)
🗓️Tues March 18th, 2025
⏰ 6PM-8PM
📍 Brookville Rerformed Church, 2 Brookville Road, Glen Head NY
🎟️ Non-Members $45 per adult, $25 per child (12 & under) - Purchase Tickets Below, or Click Here to Become a Member
🎟️ Free for IAS Members (Members please RSVP by emailing us at info@IASNewYork.org and include the number of Members attending and the list of names of those Members)
4 Shanbe Soori / Chaharshanbe Suri
is an Iranian festival of the fire dance celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, of ancient Zoroastrian origin. It is the first festivity of the Nowruz Celebrations festival, the Iranian New Year.
Jumping over the Fire
Before the start of the festival, people gather brushwood in an open, free exterior space. At sunset, after making one or more bonfires, they jump over the flames, singing sorkhi-ye to az man, zardi-ye man az to, literally meaning "[let] your redness [be] mine, my paleness yours", or a local equivalent of it. This is considered a purification practice.