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# Can't wait to celebrate

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# It's great to celebrate

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# Can't wait to celebrate

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# It's great

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# To celebrate! #

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Hello! Welcome to Number 22. I'm Thomas Ticker.

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I seem to have made a bit of a mess today.

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I can't find my glasses.

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I know I had them recently, but I can't remember where I put them.

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Oh, well, never mind.

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The wonderful celebration today is called Norouz.

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Norouz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year

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in the Iranian calendar.

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It's celebrated by Zoroastrians

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and I've got two friends who want to tell you all about it.

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I'm Berzin!

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And I'm Benaifar.

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Together, we are getting ready for a special celebration called Norouz!

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'We are Perthes Zoroastrians.

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'Norouz means "new day" in Persian.

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'It celebrates the first day of our new year

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'and the first day of spring.'

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Off you go and clean your rooms, then.

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I don't usually like tidying up my bedroom,

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but we're getting ready for Norouz and I just don't mind.

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'It is very important to start the new year very clean and tidy.

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'So we are helping our mum to give the house a good spring clean.'

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Dusty, dusty, dusty!

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Now it is time to make my bed.

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I'd better go and help clean downstairs.

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GIGGLING

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Come on. If you've finished cleaning, we'll go now.

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OK.

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Let's go.

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I can't wait. I'm so excited to see my friends.

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'It's time to go and see our friends at the Zoroastrian Centre now.

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'This is where we come to celebrate Norouz in a couple of weeks.'

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The first thing we are going to do

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is go up and pray with our friends. Come on!

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'There are three things that we must do before we go inside.

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'We must take off our shoes...

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'..we must wash our hands...

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'..and we must cover our heads.'

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We're going up to the prayer room now.

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'We are saying

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'a special prayer.'

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THEY PRAY ALOUD IN UNISON

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LADY: OK, everybody, bow down.

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'We're putting a special ash on our foreheads.

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'This is a special blessing.'

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LADY: Well done.

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Spring is a time when nature comes alive.

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Flowers and trees blossom.

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'One things we do to celebrate this is growing wheat or lentil seeds.'

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We are making special things to go on the table.

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It is called the haft seen table.

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We plant lentil seeds that will grow into a plant.

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Then, we will put that on the table.

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'We plant the seeds two weeks before Norouz.'

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'These seeds have been soaking in water for two days,

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'to bring them to life.'

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'Then, we take these pieces of cloth and make them all wet in the water.'

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'Then, we cover up the seeds with the wet cloth.'

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Now, my seeds are planted.

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I'm so excited by Norouz, my plant might be this big.

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'We are now going to paint and decorate some eggs

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'to put on the haft seen table now.'

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I'm going to paint

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a rainbow, a butterfly and a flower on my egg.

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'When we see the eggs on the haft seen table,

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'they help us to remember nature and life, all around us.'

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'I can't wait to see what my mum thinks

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'when my egg's on the haft seen table.'

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Look at my pink butterfly.

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My egg is really messy and colourful.

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My egg's finished.

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There we are. All done.

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'See you soon for our Norouz celebrations.'

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Eugh! That all looked very messy!

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But my house isn't messy anymore. Ta-da!

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I copied Berzin and Benaifar and tidied my room.

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Well, when I say "tidied", I mean,

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I put everything here on the table and it's...

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Oh.

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Well, I suppose I'd better tidy up properly.

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While I do this, there is a great story that is heard at Norouz.

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# Celebrate! #

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One day, a kind shepherd, called Jamshed, was herding his flock,

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when God called to him and said,

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"Jamshed, beware.

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"Soon, evil will send a really long winter and a heavy snowstorm

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"that will kill all the people,

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"animals, birds and plants in the world. I need you to help me."

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When Jamshed heard God's plan,

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he found a large cave

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and searched far and wide for people to take inside.

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He found animals of every kind and gathered plants and seeds,

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putting them in large sacks and took everything to the cave,

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where he lit a fire and waited.

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The following day, dark clouds appeared in the sky

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and covered the sun.

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Soon, snow began to fall.

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It kept snowing, until everywhere -

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mountains, forests and even deserts - were covered with snow.

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But for 40 months, Jamshed, the people and the animals

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were all warm and safe inside the cave.

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Then, one morning, Jamshed took one of the white doves

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and let it out of the cave.

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It flew around,

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but finding nowhere to land, it returned to the cave.

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A few days later, the dove was released again,

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but once more, there was nowhere for the dove to land.

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A few more days passed and, this time, when Jamshed released the dove,

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it didn't come back.

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The snow had melted.

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Everyone slowly emerged from the cave.

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Jamshed and the people gave thanks to God

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for helping them survive the harsh winter.

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The new day, or "norouz", had arrived

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and that's why Zoroastrians call it

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Jamshedi Norouz to this very day.

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# It's great to celebrate! #

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Isn't that a great story?

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Imagine it snowing for months and months.

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You'd forget what colour the grass was!

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I've tidied up now.

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Still haven't found my glasses, but I did find this chalk.

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Got a bit arty and drawn a message for Berzin.

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Happy New Year! Ha-ha!

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And Berzin is using chalks,

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to make some special patterns for Norouz. Shall we see?

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BOTH: Happy Norouz!

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On the morning of Norouz, we put chalk outside.

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This chalk will bring us lots of good luck for the new year.

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MUM: That's it. That's it!

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I'm putting purple chalk onto the flowers.

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Right, on this side.

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That's it.

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Our patterns are really colourful.

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-One, two, three!

-OK, next one.

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I'm putting orange on it.

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This says, "Happy New Year", because it's our new year today.

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My pattern's finished!

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Well done, you two!

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Mummy's going to get our new clothes. I'm so excited.

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We've got new clothes!

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That's for you.

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Not only is it important to have a nice clean house for Norouz,

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it's also tradition to wear new clothes.

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Look at my new top and my new trousers!

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I'm going to look very smart in this.

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look at my new dress!

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Do you remember the wheat seeds that we planted?

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Look how much they've grown!

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I'm taking it to put on the haft seen table.

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'We've arrived at Granny and Granddad's house.'

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CHILDREN: Hello!

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Happy Norouz!

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-How are you?

-Nice to see you.

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'My granny is putting a mark on our foreheads.

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'This is called a tili.'

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'My granny is putting a garland around our necks.'

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There's your little pressie.

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Thank you.

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Happy Norouz.

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Happy Norouz, Granny.

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-Thank you.

-And Norouz Mobarak.

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Thank you.

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We are watching the haft seen table being laid.

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'Lots of special items are being put on this table.

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'Lots of them are to do with nature

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'and make us remember life all around us.'

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And our plants are going to be put on, too.

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Look, there's a picture of a fish.

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It makes up think about animals.

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The nuts make us thankful for the food we eat.

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Our painted eggs are going to be put onto the haft seen table.

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BOTH: Mummy, Mummy!

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Come and look at our eggs on the haft seen table.

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Wow!

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-And our plants.

-Which one is yours?

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-This one's mine.

-Wow!

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-This one's mine.

-Your plants. Well done.

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It has grown, hasn't it? It looks lovely.

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Well done!

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Before our celebrations begin,

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we have to go and say our prayers in the Fire Temple.

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'The fire burns in that big urn all the time.

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'It reminds us of God's light.'

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'Can you see the priest putting the sandalwood on the fire?'

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'Zoroastrian priests wear special white clothes.'

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Now, it's time to join everyone else,

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for a big prayer ceremony, the Jashan, where they say

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thank you for lots of things.

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'I've got a really special job - to give the priest some sandalwood.'

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There is a lot of people around for the celebration now.

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Look at their new outfits.

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'I love dancing.'

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'I like playing with my friends.'

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'The food is yummy.'

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'We are having so much fun.'

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It's great to celebrate!

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CHEERING

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# It's great to celebrate. #

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Thanks, Berzin.

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I really enjoyed that.

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I still haven't found my glas...

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There they are.

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Have they been here the whole time?

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Why didn't you tell me, Sprocket?

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Where can I put them?

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I'll put them up here, so I won't forget them.

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Now, it's time to go outside for my own street party. Hey-hey!

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# We're so excited cos it's going to be

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# A party time for all our friends and family

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# We're getting ready We'll have so much fun

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# So come and join in - everyone!

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-# Cos it's time for us to celebrate

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-# Now it's time for us to celebrate

-It's great to celebrate

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-# Cos today is such a special day

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# And it's time for you and me to celebrate

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# To celebrate

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-# Time for us to celebrate

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-# Now it's time for you and me

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# It's great to celebrate. #

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