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"Happy Shab-e Yalda to you All"

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Hi all,

Tonight is the longest night of the year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalda

Yalda, a Syriac word imported into the Persian language by the Syriac Christians means birth (tavalud and melaad are from the same origin). It is a relatively recent arrival and it is refereed to the "Shab-e Cheleh Festival", a celebration of Winter Solstice on December 21st. Forty days before the next major Persian festival "Jashn-e Sadeh"; this night has been celebrated in countless cultures for thousands of years. The ancient Roman festivals of Saturnalia (God of Agriculture, Saturn) and Sol Invicta (Sun God) are amongst the best known in the Western world.

In most ancient cultures, including Persia, the start of the solar year has been marked to celebrate the victory of light over darkness and the renewal of the Sun. For instance, Egyptians, four thousand years ago celebrated the rebirth of the sun at this time of the year. They set the length of the festival at 12 days, to reflect the 12 divisions in their sun calendar. They decorated with greenery, using palms with 12 shoots as a symbol of the completed year, since a palm was thought to put forth a shoot each month.

The Persians adopted their annual renewal festival from the Babylonians and incorporated it into the rituals of their own Zoroastrian religion. The last day of the Persian month Azar is the longest night of the year, when the forces of Ahriman are assumed to be at the peak of their strength. While the next day, the first day of the month "Day" known as "khoram rooz" or "khore rooz" (the day of sun) belongs to Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Wisdom. Since the days are getting longer and the nights shorter, this day marks the victory of Sun over the darkness. The occasion was celebrated in the festival of "Daygan" dedicated to Ahura Mazda, on the first day of the month "Day".
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Happy Shab-e Yalda to you all.

Movies to watch!

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O.K here we go :

Toy Story 3 (2010)» I have the honor to be the first to see a full 3D animation movie as a kid and now the trilogy continues this time with No.3 :up:


* Tom Hanks returns to voice Woody, Tim Allen returns as Buzz, and Joan Cusack is back again as Jessie.

Toy Story 3 is being directed by Lee Unkrich, another one of Pixar's creative masterminds who previously co-directed Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo. The screenplay was written by Michael Arndt, the Oscar winning screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine who is a newcomer to the Pixar family. Disney is bringing Pixar's Toy Story 3 to theaters everywhere in digital 3D starting on June 18th, 2010 next year.

Originally, a sequel was planned when it seemed that Disney and PIXAR would split over creative differences in 2004-2005. Disney started up an animation division titled 'Circle 7,' which would have been in charge of churning out sequels for PIXAR films that would not involve the original creators at PIXAR. Entertainment Weekly published an article that said the original plot for Toy Story 3 was going to be about Buzz Lightyear having a defect. Buzz would then be shipped to Taiwan to be fixed, but the other toys find out that the toy company is just replacing the broken Buzz toys with new ones, so they ship themselves to Taiwan to rescue him. This script had to be canned when Pixar and Disney made amends. Part of their agreement was not to further develop projects that had been planned during their fallout.

* In the teaser trailer for Toy Story 3 where the different toys pass by Woody with material to build their version of the title image, the third alien to pass by Woody is carrying a large 2-D construction of LEGO bricks that vaguely resemble the outline of the Axiom ship from WALL·E (2008).
Release Date:
18 June 2010 (USA)
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZv1vki4ou4
source : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435761/

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Surrogates


Disney is running for their upcoming Bruce Willis' Sci-Fi Movie Surrogates,Disney will be bringing Surrogates to theaters everywhere on September 25th this year.
Directed by former Terminator 3 director Jonathan Mostow, the movie is about a future where humans interact using surrogate robots while staying in the comfort of their homes.
Trailer : http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/05/21/must-watch-first-full-trailer-for-bruce-willis-surrogates/

Source
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2012 :

http://www.whowillsurvive2012.com/


And Edge of Darkness, featuring Mel Gibson's first starring role since 2002


Trailer :
http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/10/14/must-watch-intense-trailer-for-mel-gibsons-edge-of-darkness/

My Birth day !!

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O.K I'm tired of my birth day drama so let's end this once and for all!!


My Birth day is in "October 17, 2009" It's Friday today and tomorrow the first day of the week and working day!! the fact that i have to go to work on my birth day sucks big time! :down:

I was born 23 years ago on October 17th !!
let's hope next year will be the same :D

Any way I like to thank Angeliki,Karen,K.C,Tamil And all My Angel's and friend's here at Opera :smile:


Legendary composer Anoushirvan Rohani performing one of his most famous masterpieces, Tavalodet Mobarak. When this song was first released back in 1971, it instantly became the standard birthday song :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3cTO2hMXA8


Culture of Iran
http://www.iranchamber.com/culture/articles/rituals_of_birth_birthday.php




Thank you and God Bless :yes:

Back on track with music!

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O.K people it's time!! :D

Hengameh (Persian: هنگامه) is a 48 year-old Iranian pop music artist based in Los Angeles. She was born in Lahijan but was brought up in Tehran. She is considered an integral part of the Tehrangeles music scene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hengameh :wink:

Here is a new song from her called "Iran" :D



P: And for the first time mixing the mood with an English song! :rolleyes:

Trouble Is A Friend video made by Lenka and James Gulliver Hancock. From Lenka's self titled debut album
Lenka : http://www.lenkamusic.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenka



Game interest!

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Darksiders The player takes on the role as War, one of the four legendary Horsemen of the apocalypse; the apocalypse has just taken place prematurely, and the world destroyed, and War finds himself tasked to find out who was behind this; caught in a battle between angels and demons, he has lost much of his power, and must find out where the other horsemen are, and who misled them into starting the final battle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darksiders Castlevania : Lords of Shadow is an upcoming video game in the Castlevania series. It is being described as a reboot of the franchise. It will be an action adventure game in a fantasy setting in Southern Europe during the Middle Ages. The game is being developed by MercurySteam and Kojima Productions to be published by Konami in 2010. Hideo Kojima will be involved with the title, albeit in a small role. Actor Patrick Stewart narrates the game's official trailer, and Jason Isaacs will also star. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania:_Lords_of_Shadow Hope you enjoyed the trailers :wink: :up:

Back to music !!

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who will it be?

pop-rock-punk princess!! Avril lavigne :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avril_Lavigne
Her web site : http://www.avrillavigne.com/

I gotta say she is one of the best :smile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDsS5XG6ScQ

Chill out,
What you yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could let it be
You will see


Somebody else
'Round everyone else
You're watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me, to me


Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it

And here is a cool draw of her P:

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