[Gallery] This paradise is called Iran

[Hermione G]

Nice pics....

 

[Surenas]

 

[Serpentine]

Heiran, Asalem-Khalkhal road

 

[Serpentine]

 

[Surenas]

 

[Esfand]

It is sizdeh bedar soon, right? So all families will go to gardens and have fun?

 

[Serpentine]

It is sizdeh bedar soon, right? So all families will go to gardens and have fun?

Yes,in 3 days.Almost the whole country get out of their houses, you should definitely see it.

 

[BronzePlaque]

Yes,in 3 days.Almost the whole country get out of their houses, you should definitely see it.

What is sizdeh bedar? Can you explain it please @Era_923?

 

[Serpentine]

What is sizdeh bedar? Can you explain it please @Era_923?

It's called the 'Nature Day' in Iran, goes back thousands of years.In 13th day of spring (which the whole country,organizations,schools,universities etc are closed), there is an old tradition that people spend the day outdoors and have fun together.Green spaces,parks,jungles,gardens,country sides, mountains and beaches are preferred places.It becomes so crowded that some people decide to do it one day earlier or later.
Here's the wiki article:
Sizdah Be-dar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sizdahbedar or Sizdah Be-dar (also frequently stylized as "13 Bedar") (Persian: سیزده بدر&#8206 is the name of a ceremony in Persian Culture. Sizdah is the Persian term for thirteen. Leaving the house on the Thirteenth Day of Farvardin (the first month of Iranian calendar), and joyfully spending the day outdoors have been a national tradition since ancient times in Iran. Sizdah Bedar (in English: Getting rid of the Thirteenth) has been possibly considered as a tradition because some people believe the thirteen is an unlucky number, and everybody should get rid of the thirteen. That interpretation may be disputed since it is documented that in Persian, Bedar may also mean Raftan-e beh Dar-o Dasht (in English: Going Outdoors and Country Sides). Most of the times Sizdah Bedar coincides with the first day of April, which is known as April Fools' Day in the Western Culture.

 

[Uhuhu]

 

[raptor22]

Chitgar park and its lake (I took them last week):

 

[Esfand]

Chitgar park and its lake (I took them last week):

I don't think they should have put the black flag there.. it ruins the view. But nice pictures

 

[Serpentine]

Shahzade Mahan garden, Kerman

 

[Cyrus the Great]

I do miss home but with these photos I really got homesick. I wish I could be home in near year. maybe some one can help with posting more photo.

 

[Serpentine]

I do miss home but with these photos I really got homesick. I wish I could be home in near year. maybe some one can help with posting more photo.

People like you who live outside of Iran, know the value of this paradise we are living in, much better,indeed.

I hope you get a chance to visit home very soon.