BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:CMES: Celebrate Nowruz - A Persian New Year Celebration PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1301360_0 SUMMARY:CMES: Celebrate Nowruz - A Persian New Year Celebration DESCRIPTION:

A Persian New Year Celebration

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.

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.

LOCATION:Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20180320T213000Z DTEND:20180320T230000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR