in afghanistan noruz is the official holiday and in the balh area it is also called the feast of redy music, dancing, singing and picnicking. in fact, wherever iranian culture has gone, nouruse has gone with it. in indian control kashmir, for example, nourus is celebrated with great fervor. and i'm coming from chennai, south part of india, and this is my first trip to kashmir and so far it's been wonderful. kashmir is a great place to visit and it's a lifetime. experience or in the united states, iranians celebrate their fatherland's festival every year, sharing its soul, namely kindness with the rest of the people. for years, ahead of nourus, many iranians team up with charities to feed hundreds of homeless men, women, and children. in the us, well, i think when our nation is so divided right now, um, coming together and celebrating a traditional event like this is important for everyone, it's important to the volunteers who are here to see what many of our brothers and sisters are living with. this is our seventh annual nuruz at the midnight mission, uh, we'll probably serve a coup