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Songs of Nowruz and Spring in Persian Poetry

March 10, 2018 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
121 Dodd Hall, 390 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
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Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (UCLA)

The celebration known as Nowruz not only marks the start of the Iranian New Year at the vernal equinox, but it has also been widely celebrated over several millennia across a vast expanse from Anatolia, the Iranian plateau, to West and Central Asia. As a theme too, Nowruz and the spring have been a staple of Persian poetry in pre-Islamic and Islamic Iran up to modern times. The theme of Nowruz has been ceremoniously recited at royal courts, as well as in cities and villages across the Iranian world, and has provided a gauge by which the ebbs and flows of Iranian history and culture may be measured through the ages. The lecture shall explore the theme of Nowruz and various stylistic approaches to it.

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Date:
March 10, 2018
Time:
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Website:
http://nelc.ucla.edu/iranian

Organizer

UCLA Iranian Studies
Phone
310-206-6042
Email
iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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Venue

121 Dodd Hall
390 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
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