To the memory of our new year : Mehregan
Happy memory of friends,happy memory of Iran
HAPPY MEHRGAN!
There is always a trend of attributing all traditions and festivities to religions and their gods,anf or kings and king of kings,while all these festivities belong to the people and only : PEOPLE,
like Noruz, Mehregan, Tirgan, Sadeh, Yalda, Sizdeh bedar and so on...
IS MEHRGAN A NORUZ/NEW YEAR
OR HARVEST FESTIVAL/AS AN INSPIRATION FOR HALLOWEEN and the likes?
MEHRGAN ,MEHREGAN OR MITRAGANA,Mitrakana...LIKE NORUZ IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FESTIVITIES OF OLD IRAN OR PERSIA.As in PreKhayyami Calender,used especially during Akamenids there were two grand season of spring and witer ,each starting with festivities .The beginning of spring started with Noruz or New Year; and the beginning of winter with Mehregan.
مهر MEHR:MITRA,SUN,FRIENDSHIP,Contact ,Cotract.MONTH OF MEHR OR MIZAN=LIBRA
گان GAN:CELEBRATION
MEHREGAN IS CELEBRATION OF MEHR DAY OR 16TH DAY OF the month of
MEHR OR 7TH MONTH
EQUAL TO OCTOBER 8TH.
A PERSIAN FALL FESTIVAL
OR HARVEST FESTIVAL.
IT IS ALSO CELEBRATION DAY FOR THE BEGINNING OF CLASSES IN
UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN,
TRADITIONS AND FESTIVITIES OF RUG WASHING IN
MASHAD ARDEHAL,KASHAN OR
JASHN E GHALI SHUYAN.
MEHRGAN IS ALSO CELEBRATED IN OTHER FARSI SPEAKING COUNTRIES
LIKE TAJIKESTAN.
MEHRGAN
FALLS IN FALL
A NAME-DAY
CELEBRATED IN
A LOVE-DAY,
MEHR.
IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT UNESCO ANNOUNCED NORUZ, AS A WORLD CELEBRATION Day FOR NEW YEAR.
THIS IS APPROVED after PROPOSAL by IRAN,
AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTRIES WHO CELEBRATE NORUZ,SUCH AS:
INDIA,PAKISTAN,AZARBAYEJAN,KAZAKSTAN,OZBAKSTANTurkmenestan,TURKEY,
WITH SUPPORT OF AFGHANESTAN ,TAJIKESTAN AND KURDESTAN.
IN U.S. IRANIAN COMMUNITY OF LOS ANGELES AND WHITE HOUSE OF President Barak OBAMA INSISTED AND ASSISTED ON INTERNATIONAL POPULARITY OF NORUZ,
AS ONE OF THE OLDEST FESTIVITIES For CULTURE AND NATURE IN THE WORLD.
SO
HAPPY NORUZ IN ADVANCE.*
*a note on language: I am a strong advocate on transliteration and phonetic,when it comes to write Persian or Farsi.also Parsi words in english,and or any other greco-roman languages.I do not think letters like q,w,x,or even y can replace persian letters,unless in arbiterary use.
for example:
q for gh
x for kh
also compositions like ee(=i),oo(=o or u),ei(=i),aei(=ai),aw,ow,ou and so on
have no merit to replace persian letters or sound.
by this: Molana is correct
and mowlana,mawlana,maulana,mevlana is incorrect.
hafez ,but not hafiz
WE DO NOT NEED TO REPEAT LETTERS FOR TASHDID
like khayyam or rubayyat
instead of khaiam or robaiat
western orientalists made all these corruptions and conversions intentionally,due to limited knowledge of Farsi,
and or may be to help other orientalists and assist them for pronounciation,at the most
but we are Persian Orientalists,and Iranists, who can teach them,or ourselves how to be politically correct.
a ,but not aa,or o or even u!like in maani,kayvon or muhroo.
aragh,but not iraq,and they pronounce it:eye-rak!!
U BUT NOT OU OR OO,or even O
S BUT NOT SS OR C
CH ,NOT C
USING E AT THE END OF WORDS ENDING IN CONSONANT LETTERs,A LA FRANCAIS
DOES NOT HAVE MERIT
the letter w in english or german does not replace the letter v in persian ,as you see especially in persian-afghani or indo-pakistani.
v is v and persian including persian-afghani does not contain w.
now,if some use nowruz,it is considered an exception
because of positive connotation of now,for present time and something new
and negative connotation of no,meaning absent or absence.
THIS IS ONLY AN EXCUSE!
I do not write nurooz,nevrooz,no-ruz,noorooz,etc...
this could be discussed furthermore in details,
and I am sure it did,and it will.
F.S.
ADDENDUM:
I ALSO LIKE TO REMIND A POINT TO AVOID BIG CONFUSIONS.
LET'S FORGET ABOUT THIS KASREH EZAFEH AND HIFEN
LIKE MAZAR-E SHARIF
(pronounced: mazar i sharif!)
the correct way is:MAZAR SHARIF
LIKE OUR NAMES,FOR EXAMPLE:
AHMAD SHAMLU,NOT AHMAD-E SHAMLU
AS IN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
WE DON'T SAY:
VICTOR DE HUGO
PAUL OF NEWMAN
New of Orleans
NEW OF YORK
SAINT OF LOUIS.
THEY MADE IT SIMPLE FOR THEMSELVES
(AMERICAN LANGUAGE IS VERY GOOD IN THAT)
AND COMPLICATED FOR US.
Do NoT GET FOOLED!
Zohreh Khaleghi
Not: zohreh e Khaleghi
