Sun, March 22 – Norooz in Pasadena, 2015

For the ninth year in a row, the city of Pasadena will come together to rejoice and promote Iranian arts and its rich culture along with the non-Iranian community.

03/22/2015
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Location
First Church of Nazarene

Live entertainment:

• Traditional Iranian percussion group (sonati music)
• Authentic Iranian food from Heidar Baba Grill
• Exquisite traditional teahouse with sweets
• Bazaar of businesses from the city of Pasadena.

Also, the beauty and artistic ability of the Iranian culture will be displayed with an assortment of gorgeous Persian rugs brought to you The Pashgian Brothers.

This free event will have the Honorable Bill Bogaard, Mayor of Pasadena, the 2013 Global Citizen Award winner and a vigorous promoter of public diversity serving as the Keynote Speaker at 3:30pm. Also in attendance will be Nat Nehdar, Chair, Pasadena Human Relations Commissioner, and Assemblymember Chris Holden.

Norooz in Pasadena, a non-secular celebration of numerous people, has been celebrated for thousands of years from people in Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan.
These people from different backgrounds come together to celebrate the New Year and the beginning of Spring. It has become a well anticipated annual tradition in the San Gabriel Valley.
Norooz advocates values of peace and unity between generations and within families as well as reconciliation and friendliness, thus contributing to cultural diversity and companionship among people and different communities.

Norooz Pasadena serves a mission to deteriorate the barriers between cultures and to unite members of the community, regardless of their race or cultural background. Norooz is not only a new year, rather a concept of love and peace.