Shabe Yalda 2024 Olympics. Shabe yalda is an ancient persian tradition that commemorates the occasion with food, poetry, music, family, and friends. To this day yalda remains as one of the most ancient festive ceremonies that has been celebrated in iran for centuries since the time of the persian empire.
Shabe yalda is the persian celebration for winter solstice, when families gather and stay up through the longest night of the year eating fruit and reading poetry. The mascot was based on the traditional small phrygian hats for which they are shaped after.