#  CMES: Celebrate Nowruz - A Persian New Year Celebration 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 20, 2018** 

 05:30PM - 07:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

##  A Persian New Year Celebration  


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Celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year and the beginning of spring, with poetry, music, traditional sweets, and an exploration of the traditional *Haft Seen* table. More than 3,000 years old, Nowruz (“new day”) originated in ancient Persia and became a popular celebration in communities influenced by Persian culture, including Iran, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Western China. Drop in for a presentation of Nowruz customs and activities and help build community for 1397, the new year in the Persian calendar.

 **This event is free and we request your advanced reservation by March 16** [here](https://reservations.hmsc.harvard.edu/Policies.aspx)**.**

 Presented by Harvard Semitic Museum in collaboration with the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Harvard GSAS Iranian Student Association, the Harvard College Iranian Association, and the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University

 Free event parking at 52 Oxford Street Garage.

 For more information, please call 617-495-4055.

 See also: [Iran](https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/research-region/iran), [Ad Hoc or Co-Sponsored](https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/eventseries/ad-hoc-or-co-sponsored), [2017-18](https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/academic-year/2017-18)



 

 



 

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