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March 20, 2006
Happy Norous
Today is the first official day of spring and the first day of Iranian New Year, Iranian calendar is a solar calendar and has 4 seasons and 365 days.
On Norouz, everyone should wear new clothes, and should have ready the "Ha'ft Seen" that is a table decorated with seven traditional items the names of which in Iranian language begin with "Seen" or the letter "S". Among the most popular are:
1-Vinegar ( Serkeh) the symbol of cleanness and hygiene
2-Coin ( Sekeh ) symbol of wealth
3-Apple ( Seeb ) symbol of healthy food and fruits
4- A Hyacinth ( Son Bol ) symbol of nature
5- Garlic ( Siir ) symbol of nature and natural medicine
6- sumac ( Somagh ) symbol of natural spice
7- Sa ma noo , a sweetmeat to thanks God and mother nature for the food and grains.
Setting the Haftsin (Norouz table) and sitting around it at the turn of the year, wearing new garments, presenting Eidi (gifts of crisp paper money) to children, sprinkling rose-water, eating sweets and celebrating sizdeh-be-dar (13th Farvardin or 2nd April) are practiced by Iranians, even those living abroad.
Posted by Syamak Moattari at March 20, 2006 04:38 PM
