BBC Information Persian is celebrating Nowruz – the pageant of spring equinox, marking the start of latest 12 months in Iran and Afghanistan – with a TV spectacular. The programme will begin at 02:30 GMT on Wednesday 20 March, about half an hour earlier than this 12 months’s spring equinox.
Nowruz has been celebrated by numerous communities for over hundreds of years – in Western and Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Black Sea area and the Balkans, and South Asia. It’s an important annual festivity in Iran and is shared by Iranians of various ethnicities, languages, and spiritual beliefs.
Recorded in entrance of 120 company on the iconic Radio Theatre within the BBC’s London Broadcasting Home, the present brings a mix of music carried out by 9 famend singers and performers from Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, together with 35 different musicians. The BBC Information Persian TV audiences are handled to unique premieres of 4 lovely compositions of Persian songs.
Many of the artists and performers within the gala are ladies from numerous backgrounds and international locations. These embody the rising younger pop star, Emma, and Hoora – the primary feminine performer from Iran’s distant area of Sistan and Balochistan. The BBC’s Nowruz celebration additionally options an look by legendary Iranian actor, Alireza Mojallal, recognized for his roles of historic characters.
As a part of the particular programming, viewers will even be handled to a cooking present judged by Iranian chef-influencer Alireza Sarraf, as three Iranian celebrities group up with three BBC Information Persian reporters to compete in cooking a conventional meal for Nowruz. The well-known Iranian comedian actor, Borzou Arjmand, will carry festive laughs to the cooking contest.
The Nowruz present will likely be out there for watching on BBC Persian TV at 02:30 GMT on Wednesday March 20 2024, and on the BBC Information Persian YouTube channel, with clips distributed on the BBC Information Persian social-media platforms together with Instagram, Fb, Telegram, and X.
BBC Information Persian is a part of the BBC World Service.
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