Coronavirus spurs cancellation of Nowruz festival at UCLA celebrating Iranian new year

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Coronavirus spurs cancellation of Nowruz festival at UCLA celebrating Iranian new year
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The Farhang Foundation cancels its annual Nowruz Iranian new year festival at UCLA, which last year drew 25,000 people last year.

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“This is our largest event of the year and our most attended event,” Ardekani said. “That’s a huge number for a small nonprofit like ours.” Just as significantly, he added, about 100 volunteers worked more than seven months to plan the event.

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