Yalda Night

The last night of autumn, December 21, the winter solstice and the longest night of the year, is known as “Yaldâ” or “čelle(h)” in Iran. The name “čelle(h)” is taken from the word “čehel,” which means forty in Farsi. The Zoroastrians call the first forty days of winter “čelle(h) bozorg” and the opening night “šab-e čelle(h).” But celebrating “Yaldâ” days back way before Zoroastrianism. It has its roots in Mithraism (sun worshiping) and its rituals.
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