Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Things to do tonight that involve fire jumping



The 7th Annual Zoroastrian Fire Jumping Event is tonight at La Plaza Cultural on the southwest corner of Avenue C and Ninth Street.

Here are details via Facebook:

Jumping over fire is a symbolic gesture to start a fresh new year. This tradition is celebrated for ringing in the Persian New Year and has been celebrated since at least 1700 BCE of the early Zoroastrian era. There will be music, dancing and snacks; wear your best fire proof pants.

The event starts at 7 p.m. The rain date is Wednesday (tomorrow!) evening.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nowruz is also the Kurdish New Year.

Anonymous said...

New Year, new pants.

Anonymous said...

Marshmallows, anyone?

Anonymous said...

Yow!

Am I the only one who doesn't own fireproof pants. :( Am I missing something here.

DrBOP said...

Is that David Schwimmer?

Anonymous said...

an early form of man-scaping?

Anonymous said...

nowruz is the new year for all of the people in the old persian empire that was Zoroastrian. so are there actual zoroastrians doing this? I doubt that the Zoroastrian Association on Greater New York knows about this.

Anonymous said...

Woooooo! Awright. bro!! COOL!

Anonymous said...

Hope this produces some youtubeable moments.

Scuba Diva said...

Damn, I missed it.

DrBOP said...

'Ya crazy kids....now you've gone and driven a millionaire crazy with 'yer crazy fire jumpin'.....CRAZY!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heir-punk-royalty-will-burn-7-million-worth-punk-memorabilia-180958460/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&no-ist