Spectators line Madison Avenue at the 12th annual Persian Parade in New York on Sunday, April 19, 2015. The parade celebrates Nowruz, New Year in the Farsi language. The holiday symbolizes the purification of the soul and dates back to the pre-Islamic religion of Zoroastrianism. (© Richard B. Levine)

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