Photo from Instagram user alirezamalihi of celebrations at Tehran's bazaar

Mladic even participated in military ceremonies.

Of course not everyone is happy with what happens during such celebrations.

He was known as an accomplished ceremonial dancer in the court.

Other observances involved a central event organized in parliament.

(The) first day of the ceremony is called the bride s Gaye Holud.

And here is a Moroccan cleric who preached against the celebration of the Yennayer Amazigh New Year.

2011 Bicentennial celebrations in Asunción, Paraguay.

After a year of waiting, Hala February Celebrations have come to their max today.

Women were also busily involved in preparing for the independence celebrations.

16.2 Marriages are usually a community festival and a time of joy and happiness.

We start this week with some special mid Ramadan festivities, called Girgaoun.

Butterfly has posted a slideshow of the Girgaoun festivities in one area, which you can see here.

Sietske, a Dutch woman married to a Lebanese man, describes the family's Easter celebrations

In Cristina s victory, and that of her husband, there were no mass celebrations.

Braveheart does the Maghreb shares traditions of new year celebrations in other cultures

In 1920 he was beaten by police in a riot during the Floral Games celebrations.

In Coruña, Spain, bonfires, drinking and parades marked the Bonfires of Saint John's festivities.

Every leader in Moscow May 9th should remember this.

Mainstream news outlets have also reported on the 200th anniversary of Russia's victory over the French.

Learn more about the event, and register here to be part of our exciting 10th anniversary Summit.

By means of ascetic observances, the human becomes once more a spiritual and enduring being, free from all sin.

In October 2003, events were held in Samarkand to celebrate the centenary of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

While Theravada Buddhism is the religion of the majority of people in Myanmar, other religions such as Christianity, Islam and Hinduism coexist and flourish.

mpjs gives advice of what to do during the Hala February celebrations, an extravagant celebration to mark the occasion.

It remains the official symbol of UN Women and is used in International Women's Day celebrations to this day.

16.21 In the past, family dissolution occurred through cultural ceremonies which varied from island to island.

But Japan has not shied away from the issue, with prominent political figures joining Takeshima Day celebrations each year.

This year we seem to have reached a consensus that the anniversary stretches from March 15 to 18.

In connection with the end of year term celebrations for Christmas, Maria was picked out to learn by heart and perform a Christian text.

They have also hosted local migrant celebrations, like a Nepalese New Year celebration, and have helped sell African and Asian food and other migrant products.

Cloud of Lace posts beautiful images of the Christmas decorations from various cities in Lebanon during this year's (2012) celebrations.

These activities in Vienna will be followed by further celebrations to be held in connection with the current seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention in Dakar, Senegal.

Newspapers around the world dutifully wrote feel good stories about how engaged environmentalists celebrated as the lights went out around the world.

In recent years 'slingfests' have been held in Wyoming, USA, in September 2007 and in Staffordshire, England, in June 2008.

Monday, 26 September 2005, from 1 to 2.45 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

During national day festivities and other occasions, you might see crowds of people waving hundreds or thousands of little flags in celebration.

He also decreed that the Norooz celebrations for the Iranian year 1342 (which fell on March 21, 1963) be canceled as a sign of protest against government policies.

During her 70th birthday celebrations, she said that she d like to fly to Mars, even if it was a one way trip.

Many people who have lived in the same street for many years meet each other for the first time at a street party.

When he did not feel the need to exploit the solemnity of Holocaust remembrance ceremonies, Barak conveyed the right message to the rising Iranian power.

The blackout on social media in Uganda finally ended on May 15 after a ban for security reasons during the days following President Yoweri Museveni s inauguration ceremony.

Noting that the Territory commemorated its annual British Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands Friendship Day on 11 May 2002 in official ceremonies on St. Thomas,

But the 1,600 delegates who flocked to Kochi from 61 countries for the eleventh Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Expatriate Indians Day) celebrations this month were firmly in the latter camp.

The current round of talks is scheduled to be completed by about 20 October and to resume in mid November after the Eid celebrations.