Yara Shahidi on Celebrating the Persian New Year

Yara talks about the Persian New Year including the celebrations, types of food and gifts that come along with the holiday.

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Yara Shahidi on Celebrating the Persian New Year

[halimadiallo]

i love how she embraces her black and persian heritage :) lover her farsi accent too :)

[REBELLOGIC]

this girl is absolute perfection.. props to both her parents .. what a great mix

[venusvisions]

never knew she was iranian??? I'm in love omg

[antagonisticmedusa]

Jimmy always have something to say about other cultures

[arieljj]

SO humble, so mature, so beautiful!!

[persianguy]

Nowruz Pirouz to all Persian brothers and sisters, from Iran to Tajikestan.

[shivasalehi]

Im so proud of you YARA as a Persian girl :* :* jimmy kimmel was so great when he said NOWROOZ MOBARAK . WOW you were awesome. ;)

[Rose]

I had no idea she was half persian cool mix! Good for her for celebrating Persian New Year!

[mohsenansary]

Proud of you, hope to see you here in Iran one day and maybe celebrate Nowrooz together

[Daisy-jhsc]

Jimmy: What kind of fire are you jumping over?
Me: like, the hot kind

[maryyam]

You are amazing Yara, love from Iran.

[kenermoradi]

I am so proud that you are one of us yara

[behnam]

She forgot to say that should say this sentence before jumping over the fire "My yellowness for you, your redness for me"
yellow is metaphor of any sadness and miseries of human and redness of fire is metaphor of power and strength, because we believe fire has the power of cleaning and sterilizing.

[Zerosella]

Wow she is amazing Iranians are proud of you 💜

[whatever]

As a persian watching this...



I'M PROUD❤

[havva]

Love when she speaks farsi she sounds very delicate and feminine ♥️🇮🇷 and I love how she’s so proud of her heritage and culture. I’m Arab, Kuwaiti of Persian origin. We also celebrate Nowruz here in Kuwait without the fire jump of course :D My family including me enjoy the preparations more than the Eid itself! We enjoy coloring the eggs (like easter) and decorating “sofreh” and other stuff. The guy is rude and stupid and ignorant af. Being sarcastic about a culture and civilization of thousands of years is pure ignorance.

[cyrus]

American and Iranian people love each other, Actually, USA and Iran countries are very old friends. <3 VIVA USA AND IRAN <3

[helin]

Happy Newroz to all my Kurds out there as well ;)

[ftm.y.g]

We have many fun things in Iran tanks to say some of them

[noname-zzjm]

this isn't a prank :)) I'm an Iranian too! norooz mobárak💐