Chaharshanbe Suri (in Persian: چهارشنبهسوری) is the national Persian Festival of Fire. It is celeberated in the last tuesday evening before the Noruz (Iranian New Year). On this occasion people make bon-fires on the streets and jump over them. The young use much firework before and during the Chaharshanbe Suri (lit. The Feast of Wednesday). Tuesday is the third day of the week, between Monday and Wednesday. ... Norouz (also spelled Norooz, Noruz, Naw-Rúz or Nowrouz) is the traditional Iranian festival of the New Year which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the spring. ...
ChaharshanbeSuri (in Persian: چهارشنبهسوری) is the Persian festival of fire.
There is no religious significance attached to Chahar Shanbeh Suri and it serves as a cultural festival for all Iranian Jews, Moslems, Armenians, Turks and Zoroastrians alike.
Indeed this celebration, in particular the significant role of fire, is likely to hail from Zoroastrianism.
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