Persian New Year, 7Sin (Haft-Seen)

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Nowruz marks the first day of spring or Equinox as and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical Northward equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. in Iran we have 2 weeks holiday for Nowruz and during this time, in every house,shop, parks, street and etc, you can see the seven 'S's table (Sofreh-e-Haft-Sin). The haft seen table includes seven items all starting with the letter sīn (س) in the Perso-Arabic alphabet.

The Haft Seen items are:
Sabzeh - (Persian: سبزه‎)-wheat, barley, mung bean or lentil sproutsgrowing in a dish - symbolizing rebirthSamanu - (Persian: سمنو‎)-sweet pudding made from wheat germ - symbolizing affluenceSenjed - (Persian: سنجد‎)-dried oleaster Wild Olive fruit - symbolizing loveSir - (Persian: سیر‎)- garlic - symbolizing medicineSib - (Persian: سیب‎)- apples - symbolizing beauty and healthSomāq - (Persian: سماق‎)sumac fruit - symbolizing (the color of) sunriseSerkeh - (Persian: سرکه‎) - vinegar - symbolizing old-age and patience



This year, we went to Isfahan, Shiraz and Yazd in this Nowruz holiday and I have photographed some of Haft-Sintables which I saw during Nowruz 1393! (21 March 2014)

*If you have any question, I'll be happy to provide more details.

** These are all my photos and I am not a good photographer. Sorry for that.

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Comments

[Tabajara Vasconcelos]

Salam from Brazil
I liked the Brazilian flag in the black! Very good blog. Congratulations!

[visit2iran]

Salam from Iran
hahahaha. you may find the flag of your country almost in every restaurant, hotel, some streets and etc! if you go to a restaurant, waiter comes and ask you where are you from and he will come back with a flag of your country in hand to put it on the table! So you won't miss your Brazil that much! ;-)