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A Haft-Sin Table, Tehran, Iran. The following are the primary items of Haft-seen, whose Persian names begin with the letter S in the Persian alphabet. [1] [2]Sabzeh (سبزه) – wheat, barley, mung bean, or lentil sprouts grown in a dish.
It starts on the first day of spring (also the first day of the Iranian Calendar year), 21 March, in that 12 days as a sign of the past 12 months, all Iranian families gather around to visit each other. Haft Seen traditional table of Norouz. Sofre-ye Haft-Sin: sofre (tablecloth), haft (seven), sin (the letter S [س]).
Haft-sin during Nowruz in Tehran, Iran, 2010 A painting depicting Nowruz's haft-sin in relation to the four classical elements and the world's three essential forms of life: humans, animals, and plants.
The wheat is soaked and prepared for days and so the entire process takes up to a week. Traditionally, the final cooking would take from evening until the daylight and was a party involving only women. This would be full of laughter and music and singing related songs. In Iranian tradition the whole gathering, mostly women, gather near the huge ...
Persian Baháʼís may observe some of the Iranian customs associated with Nowruz such as the Haft Sîn, while American Baháʼí communities, for example, may have a potluck dinner, along with prayers and readings from Baháʼí scripture. In the northern hemisphere Naw-Rúz marks the coming of spring.
Haft Mēwa (Dari: هفت میوه): In Afghanistan, people prepare Haft Mēwa (literally translates as Seven Fruits) in addition to or instead of Haft Sin which is common in Iran. Haft Mewa is like a fruit salad made from seven different dried fruits , served in their own syrup .
Therefore, there is the custom of celebrating Nowruz with seven sweet foods, in addition to the traditional other seven foods at the Haft-sin. [3] The seven sweets are: Noghl, sugar-coated almonds flavored with rose water; Persian Baklava, pistachio almond pastry; nan-e berenji, rice cookies; Nan-e badami, almond cookies; Nan-e nokhodchi ...
Therefore, there is the custom to celebrate Nowruz with seven sweet foods, in addition to the traditional other seven foods at the Haft-sin. [4] The seven sweets are: noghl, sugar-coated almonds; Persian baklava, pistachio almond pastry; nan-e berenji, rice cookies; nan-e badami, almond cookies; nan-e nokhodchi, chick-pea cookies; sohan asali ...