Sizdahbedar or Sizdah Be-dar (also frequently stylized as "13 Bedar") (Persian: سیزده بدر) is the name of a ceremony in Persian Culture. Sizdah is the Persian term for thirteen. Leaving the house on the Thirteenth Day of Farvardin (the first month of Iranian calendar), and joyfully spending the day outdoors have been a national tradition since ancient times in Iran.[1] Sizdah Bedar (in English: Getting rid of the Thirteenth) has been possibly considered as a tradition because some people believe the thirteen is an unlucky number, and everybody should get rid of the thirteen. That interpretation may be disputed since it is documented that in Persian, Bedar may also mean Raftan-e beh Dar-o Dasht (in English: Going Outdoors and Country Sides). Most of the times Sizdah Bedar coincides with the first day of April, which is known as April Fools' Day in the Western Culture. Sizdah Berdar is reported to have been celebrated by the Iranians lived on the Iranian Plateau as far back as 536 BC.
Sizdah Bedar is a day to celebrate people’s friendship with nature and it shows that the Iranians have attached to and have been fond of the natural beauties of the environment all throughout their history. Today, the feast of Sizdah Bedar is not only celebrated in Iran but its outdoor moments are spent in most parts of the world by many Iranians who left their homeland behind and now live abroad.
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| Our friend's crazy bird Jafar... |
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| Hermann park |
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| Our great friend and his family (who are visiting from home) and Mohammad in front of the Hermann park train |
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| Splish splash I was takin' a bath... |
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| The crazy bird and his "love" |
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| Men doing what they love to do... play with fire! |
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| What a cute couple! |
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| Eating jigar (chicken liver) yuck! |
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| We were quite bright! |
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| OMG... I think this was a joke.. (I hope)! |
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| The boys and their watermelons |
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| Mohammad taking a rest from furniture shopping |
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| The amazing sky on the way home! Mashallah! |
