New Year celebrations

An Iranian-American comic takes on Nowruz — the Persian New Year celebration

March 21, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

New clothes and goldfish? Not your usual spring rituals, we know. But those are two ways to celebrate Nowruz. Iranian-American comedian K-von Moezzi explains the rest of the Persian New Year festivities in his offbeat, video mini-doc.

An Iranian-American comic takes on Nowruz — the Persian New Year celebration

March 21, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

What year is it? If you’re in Iran, Happy 1393!

March 21, 2014Lifestyle & Belief

What year is it? If you’re in Iran, Happy 1393!

March 21, 2014Lifestyle & Belief

2014 enters with a bang of color and spectacle

January 1, 2014Global Scan

A late bell, silent prayers and the world’s largest fireworks show greet the new year

December 31, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Dubai went for the fireworks record while the Japanese chose to take time to reflect. Meanwhile, for New Year’s, New York is getting a new mayor.

New Years celebrations from around the world

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Today is New Year’s Eve, and that means citizens of the world will be ringing in 2010 when the clock hits midnight. We’re leaping through time zones with reporters from across the globe for a look at how some cities are getting ready to celebrate.

Global Hit

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

For today’s Global Hit, the BBC’s Behzad Bolour gives us a taste of the music that accompanies Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Bolour presents a weekly music program about Iranian and World music.

New Years resolutions

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Fair Game correspondent Ed Herro hits the streets to find out whether Americans are keeping their New Year’s resolutions.