Jashne Sade
(Tradition)
Jashne Sade, the festival of the discovery of igniting and maintaining fire, which is not only a source of en
ergy but one of the elements such as the air, the water and the earth that Zoroastrians must preserve and not pollute. Sade meaning hundred, is a mid winter feast celebrated with grandeur and magnificence in ancient Iran. It was a festivity to honor fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost and cold.
ergy but one of the elements such as the air, the water and the earth that Zoroastrians must preserve and not pollute. Sade meaning hundred, is a mid winter feast celebrated with grandeur and magnificence in ancient Iran. It was a festivity to honor fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost and cold.The Sade festivity which occurs hundred days after the winter in Ancient calendar (fifty days before the Nowruz, the beginning of summer in Ancient Calendar) and celebrated the end of cold weather, heralding the arrival of spring ("Cele Kucak").
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