Red Wednesday the Iranian festival f fire

the night before the last Wednesday of the year is celebrate by the Iranian people as Chaharshanbe Suri, meaning red Wednesday, the Iranian festival of fire. this festival is the celebration of the light (the good) winning over the darkness (the bad); the symbolism behind the rituals are all rooted back to Zoroastrain times, over 200 years ago.
the festival of "Chaharshanbeh suri" is Persian and celebrated by Persians for over 2500 years. it is not an islamic traditional nor is it celebrated by any of the Arab tribes or people group. Charshanbe Suri is neither a religeous Cermoney nor a pollitical one, it is a celebration of ending a dark and cold season-"winter" and starting a new brighter and more hopeful one -"spring".
the tradition includes people going into the streets and alleys to make bonfires, and jump over them while singing the traditional song zardi-ye man az to, sorkhi -ye to az man (My yellowness for you, your redness for me) but figuratively: my paleness (pain,stickness) for you (the fire), your strength (health) for me.
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