Chaharshanbe Suri celebration in Capital - 2021

On that last Tuesday evening of the year, an array of bonfires are lit throughout the cities and towns and stay lit until Wednesday. Public squares and spaces are filled with the energy of the people and the light of the brushwood on fire. The ritual consists of people jumping over the fire in a symbolic exchange of light for darkness, wellness for sickness, or prosperity in exchange for hardship. It represents a sense of new beginnings and purification.