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CHORSHANBEI OKHIRON alavparak, chorshanbe-suri
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    Manage No EE00001581
    Country Tajikistan
    ICH Domain Social practices, rituals, festive events
    Year of Designation 2016
Description This ritual is hold in the last Wednesday of the year according to Iranian solar calendar. In the last Wednesday night before the Navruz some people light a bonfire in the cross-roads of the village and jump over it. During the jumping they spell like this: Hei fire, take my pale-face yellow color and instead give me yours healthy red one. Performing this ritual they believe that during the coming year they will be saved and healthy.
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