Nowruz a 2500-year-old ceremony |

Published in Iran - Social interactions and entertainment - 9 - 19 Mar 22 00:26

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March 20th is Nowruz (literally new day) the first day of spring and vernal equinox. Beginning of spring is celebrated in Iran and many other Asian countries like Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and ....
It is Holiday in Iran for 5 days and people meet their relatives and friends and people go to each others houses.
Celebrating of Nowruz is an ancient tradition which is still celebrated in Iran.
Typically, before the arrival of Nowruz, family members gather around the Haft-sin table and await the exact moment of the March equinox to celebrate the New Year. Traditionally, the Haft-sin are:

Sabze – wheat, barley, mung bean, or lentil sprouts grown in a dish.
Samanu – sweet pudding made from wheat germ
Persian olive
Vinegar
Apple
Garlic
Sumac
These items are also known to have astrological correlations to planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Sun, and Moon. The Haft-sin table may also include a mirror, candles, painted eggs, a bowl of water, goldfish, coins, hyacinth, and traditional confectioneries. A book of wisdom such as the Quran, Bible, Avesta, the Šāhnāme of Ferdowsi, or the divān of Hafez may also be included. Haft-sins origins are not clear. The practice is believed to have been popularized over the past 100 years.
Here are 3 typical Haft-sin tables.

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People give their gusts confectionery and fruits.
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Comments (9)

19 Mar 22 00:41
Kursad TURK

I was planning to publish about it at 21 March... But good again. Nice article.

19 Mar 22 00:44
FozQ

Baba Nowruz o/

19 Mar 22 02:56
ILLYRIAN KING

We celebrate it in Albania too, in fact Albanians celebrate all kind of holidays, religious, pagan, nationals ect… But its Tuesday, on 22 March, we call it Sultan Novruz Day. Happy Novruz Day o/

19 Mar 22 03:31
Partisan

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19 Mar 22 04:42
Kosingas

Old Slavic religion celebrated to, i think it is like new year everything reborn in this period. @Takeda albanians still all, bekoz dont have history or are a shame of true albanians history.

19 Mar 22 05:18
ILLYRIAN KING

@Lucian, you are the last talking for history my friend, you came too late here… Cheers o/

19 Mar 22 05:52
ILLYRIAN KING

Ps Lucian, celebrating religions holidays is not wrong, as soon as we call them foreign holidays, but are official in Albania in respect of all 4 groups of religions we have. And that’s the difference, because we have 4 or more religions, but none identify himself in base of his religion, if you ask everyone in Albania they all will answer, they are Albanians, nation, tradition and customs come first for us… And when we celebrate pagan holidays, like it was March the 14th, we call it Albanian holiday, and it derives long time ago from Pelasgo-Illyrians tribes. To finish you can read Edith Durham, her wrote a passge in her book, explaining that when she passed all the way from Croatia/Bosnia/Serbia/Albania and Greece, all people she asked what are them identify themself with religion, Roman Christians/Muslim and Orthodox, only in Albania she remained surprise of people saying tha they were Albanian, even if you ask them for religion. All who conquered these lands brought their religion, and we often change it(it doesnt matter to us), but when they try to change our customs, traditions, language and our moral code, or try to dissarm us, we rebel! That’s the difference of being Albanian. We are not special, we all the same like you, but our NATION is based in language, traditions and culture, not in religion, like it was written is some countries constitutions, “If you are Orthodox, you are Greek” for example! You can be all you want in Albania, but your language and traditions identify you! Sorry for all I wrote, maybe no one will read hahaha

19 Mar 22 07:08
Kosingas

I read, u are Albanian from Albania Takeda?

19 Mar 22 08:11
MistiQ

I really like your articles, the topics covered here are always very interesting and pedagogical. Keep the same good work and a lot of inspiration for the future!💪💪