Oct 6

Confession of a mistake in Mehregan ceremony

This piece of history will be completely edited later          The army that Farhad II, the Parthian king of Iran, had built from Greek and Macedonian captives, for overcoming the rebels in the northeast of Iran, in September 131 BC, joined the rebels instead of fighting against them, and a few days later, in the celebrations of the 4th day of Mehregan, Farhad II owned his mistake and apologized to his generals, who, from the beginning, were against his decision.     Before, the 6-days Mehregan ceremonies and celebrations would end on Mehr day of Mehr month (16th of the month) and this day was called Mehregan, and end of the ceremonies. From 2000 BC Iranians celebrated Mehregan and would start important works of their lives, like marriage, on that day. Statesmen would proclaim their important statements on this day. It is not clear from when Mehregan shifted to 14th day of the Mehr month. The Greek, Roman and Jewish historians have written a lot about Mehregan. Under the same impression, George Washington must have decided on this time of the year for the Thanksgiving Day, and seven decades later, the US president, Lincoln, transferred this day to the last Thursday of November. But, Canadians still celebrate Thanksgiving Day at the end of the harvesting season (Mehr onth).          Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour (AmordadNews writer)