"cleansing ceremony"

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14 March 2025

A young Iranian girl wearing traditional dresses stands next to the Haftseen (Seven-S) table during a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz (New Day), the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

A young Iranian woman poses for a photograph next to the Haftseen (Seven-S) table during a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz (New Day), the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

A group of Iranian women poses for a photograph with the Haftseen (Seven-S) table during a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz (New Day), the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

An Iranian woman wears colorful dresses as she walks along an area while participating in a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

A group of Iranian women wearing traditional dresses stands together while waiting to perform in a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

A young Iranian woman wears a hat and stands next to a woman wearing a traditional veil during a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

A young Iranian woman wears a hat and stands next to a woman wearing a traditional veil during a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

A young Iranian girl and her father join hands in a sign of unity as they participate in a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal, featuring traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

A veiled woman and a young woman wearing a hat join hands in a sign of unity as they participate in a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

Two young Iranian girls stand next to each other, with one of them wearing traditional dresses, during a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

Young Iranian girls stand next to the Haftseen (Seven-S) table, with one of them wearing traditional dresses, during a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, celebrates spring's arrival on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

An Iranian woman wears traditional dresses and holds a wooden goat doll, a symbol of the arrival of spring, during a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, meaning ''New Day,'' the Iranian New Year, marks the arrival of spring on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is recognized as cultural heritage by UNESCO.

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14 March 2025

An Iranian woman wears traditional dresses and performs with a wooden goat doll, a symbol of the arrival of spring, in a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, meaning ''New Day,'' the Iranian New Year, marks the arrival of spring on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is recognized by UNESCO as cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

An Iranian man paints his face black and wears red clothing as Hajji Firuz, an Iranian New Year symbol, and performs in a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, meaning ''New Day,'' the Iranian New Year, celebrates the arrival of spring on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

An Iranian man paints his face black and wears red clothing as Hajji Firuz, an Iranian New Year symbol, and performs in a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, meaning ''New Day,'' the Iranian New Year, celebrates the arrival of spring on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

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14 March 2025

An Iranian man paints his face black and wears red clothing as Hajji Firuz, an Iranian New Year symbol, and performs as he stands behind women wearing traditional dresses in a ceremony to welcome the Iranian New Year outside the Cinema Museum in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2025. Nowruz, meaning ''New Day,'' the Iranian New Year, celebrates the arrival of spring on the vernal equinox. It symbolizes renewal and features traditions like spring cleaning and the Haft-Sin table. Celebrated across many countries, it is recognized by UNESCO as cultural heritage.

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