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Tajikistan: Yaldo

Posted 20 December 2005 5:10 GMT 1 · Written by Nathan Hamm

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Afghanistan, Tajikistan

TojikYor of Sogdiana writes about Yaldo or Shabi Chila ^[1] (Yalda in Farsi), the winter solstice holiday of Iranian peoples that celebrates the birth of light and its victory over darkness.