The Persian Zoroastrian Organization is proud to announce that we presented the largest group of participants for the 1st Annual Persian New Year Parade in San Jose with an approximately 170 participants. 99% of our participants joined hands in being united by wearing a t-shirt with Fravehar and Good Thoughts, Good Words, and Good Deeds prints. This was the symbol of unity in our community and we truly showed the spirit of Zoroastrians during the parade. Our group was also pleased to host PZO Stars, trained by Beshkan Dance Academy, in which they performed to one of the most favorite Persian songs, named “Dokhtar Abadani,” by the Persian artist, Sandy. Unlike any other unit, we had Amoo Nowruz in our group as well as four ladies wearing custom made traditional attires all of which significantly helped our group to be magnificent. 

PZO board would like to extend its appreciation toward every one of you who drove from short or long distances to make it to this memorable event, and special thanks to those who volunteered tirelessly from several days, and weeks before the parade and helped in preparing materials, customs, or just provided emotional support.  Your participation and help was crucial to the success of this event and we hope that next year we would plan and form a much larger and eye-catching group.

There have been much media coverage on this event and people have started sharing their photos and video. Here is a video recorded by an anonymous participant:

And here are some photos taken by Talieh Shahrokhi who was kind enough to let us republish them on our site, and do not forget to check our own gallery section of the website for some more photos:

Iranian New Year Parade - March 30th, 2008 - San Jose, CA