TiregÄn
Tīrgān, Tīregān or Djaschn -e Tīrgān is an old - Iranian rain festival which is celebrated according to the Zoroastrian calendar on the 13th day of the month Tīr, the so-called Tīr - day, and on 1 July of the Gregorian calendar.
In the Middle Persian ( Pahlavi or ) was the name of which Tishtar and in Avestan Tishrya.
Originally, the festival refers to the angels Tīr ( synonymous with the word arrow), which appeared after a drought, to bring about the long awaited rain by thunder and lightning.
According to another legend Arasch was the archer ( Arash -e Kaman GIR ) to settle a long-standing dispute between the rulers of Iran and Turan, Manutscher and Afrasiab used. Thus Arasch shot on the 13th day of the month Tīr from a peak of Damāvands an arrow towards the east. Meanwhile landing point put the limit established between the two kingdoms and allowed to regain the lost of Afrasiab country. With the settlement of the disputes continued after a long drought finally the rain one, that was celebrated extensively.
The original Tīrgān - out ceremony was held on two consecutive days, the small and the large Tīrgān. Even today, some Iranians celebrate this festival by dancing, singing and reciting poems. The dish ash Reschteh (spinach soup), fresh fruit and dessert Schol -e Sard. Furthermore, one wears rainbow-colored bands around the wrists, which are thrown after ten days in a current. In some areas of Iran such as in Māzandarān, you spend the day also at the source of rivers or playing in the sea.