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The party of fire are jumping into Skansen

"The party of fire are jumping into Skansen" "To skip the seven fires and be purified before the new year is the core of the party of fire. Now take the par

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The party of fire are jumping into Skansen
"The party of fire are jumping into Skansen"

"To skip the seven fires and be purified before the new year is the core of the party of fire. Now take the party yourself a jump – out on the forecastle."

"It is symbolic, considers the ethnologist Jonas Engman at the Nordic museum."

"– In the 90's held the celebration to out in the suburbs. It is a very strong symbolic language that moved into the Park, and then Skansen museum, which is a very strong arena for what we call the English, he says to TT."

"the party of fire, or garden shanbe souri, is a thousands of years of Persian tradition which is celebrated on the Tuesday closest to the spring equinox. It is a kind of pre-party for the Persian new year, noruz, which is celebrated the day after."

"the Tradition has been established in Sweden, says Jonas Engman."

" It's not so strange that it is so pervasive, we have a very large population that has the background."

"the life of the Party non-religious character facilitates the dispersion in Sweden and also link the natural to the Swedish traditional celebrations."

"– It is way obvious to the themes we are celebrating and you use bonfires as a symbolic tool. We use a lot in our celebrations, especially in the spring, if you look at the walpurgis and easter, " says Jonas Engman."

"But if it one day will become so to the whole of Sweden participate in the celebration dare he not predict."

"– It is in this case very far in the future and it is very difficult to say anything about, for it depends on how the society looks like."

"Mansour Hosseini, producer at Riksteatern, had never thought that the party of fire would become so big in Sweden when he started his career as a eldfestfixare ten years ago."

"HH: Why has it become so big?"

" it's a party. It spreads the joy, " says Mansour Hosseini."

"the Party is celebrated in Sweden's three largest cities, and just in Stockholm, has grown into a popular event – last year it had 23 000 visitors. In addition to the bonfires, put it on the food, music and laser show."

"the Festivities in Stockholm, sweden can be followed by viewers all over the world via Persian tv."

"this year also launches a try with the digital broadcast from the in stockholm the party of fire on the monitors in the Shed, the Mill and the Town."

"Mansour Hosseini grew up in Iran and can still remember their first feast of fire there."

"– the Smell of firewood, candy and a hot soup. I will never forget."

"the party of fire marks the beginning of Persian new year celebrations."

"the location of the celebration is to jump over seven bonfires. It is seen as a way to do away with it you do not want to carry with them into next year. The dining and musical performances are also included."

"The Persian new year, noruz, is celebrated on the vernal equinox, which this year falls on 20 march."

"Source: Lena Kättström-Höök, a curator at the Nordic museum and the Multicultural calendar"

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