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El Vaquero

The Student Newspaper of Glendale Community College

El Vaquero

The Student Newspaper of Glendale Community College

El Vaquero

Community Celebrates Norooz, Persian New Year, in Plaza Vaquero

RED, WHITE AND GREEN: Members of the Persian community and campus converge to celebrate Norooz, the first day of spring (March 21) and the beginning of the year in the Iranian calendar. The tradition is celebrated with special foods and rituals throughout the world wherever there are Iranian communities. Armineh Hayrabedian, a medical front office student, and husband, Rafik Mousukhani, an electrician, dance to the music.
RED, WHITE AND GREEN: Members of the Persian community and campus converge to celebrate Norooz, the first day of spring (March 21) and the beginning of the year in the Iranian calendar. The tradition is celebrated with special foods and rituals throughout the world wherever there are Iranian communities. Armineh Hayrabedian, a medical front office student, and husband, Rafik Mousukhani, an electrician, dance to the music.

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About the Contributor
Ksenia Rabinovich
Ksenia Rabinovich, Staff Reporter
Ksenia Rabinovich, born in Russia, is  a journalist and musician who has versatile interests and skills. Since the young age of six years old she began her musical  study, at the same age she entered the School of J.-I. Custo to learn French.  Ksenia wrote for a few Saint- Petersburg magazines called City Collection, de Luxe, Fifth Wheel and a newspaper called Nevskoe Vremia, She also hosted TV show Mix-News. Currently Ksenia performs in two bands called Tainted Throne   and Thirsty Ocean, her own project for which she writes music.  She continues to write as a freelance journalist and wishes to develop her career as a writer in United States. She has a daughter, with whom she lives in Glendale.
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Community Celebrates Norooz, Persian New Year, in Plaza Vaquero