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650 BCE
Started
It was around this time that the Zoroastrianism gained popularity and people started to celebrate this event
at this point, the tradition was to wear clean clothes and preapear to burn all the old clothes in preparation of new year -
500 BCE
ghashoghzani
another ceremony that was combind into Charshanbesoori, was ghashoghzani or spoon tapping. young children would go out on the streets with their faces covered to scare of the evil by making the tapping noise -
500
change of ghashoghzani
Like many other events, this tradition changed when was faced with the western holiday Holloween. Now adding to the old meaning the elders gave ghashoghzan-ers candies -
Islamic revelution
with the Islamic revolution, the dancing was somehow gone and replaced by more dangerous firworks -
Return of the dance
At the last few years, the dances have made a comeback and the government has allowed it. however there are over 45000 injuries due to unsafe fireworks each and every year