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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.
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.
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]).
The Persian name of the festival consists of čahāršanbe (چهارشنبه), the Persian word for Wednesday, and suri (), which has two meanings; it may mean "festive" [2] and it may also mean "scarlet" (in traditional Persian and some current local dialects in Iran), which stems from the reddish theme of fire.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Sa'at Tower also known as Tabriz Municipality Palace (Persian: کاخ شهرداری تبریز, also Romanized as Sā'at Tower) is a building in Tabriz which is used as the city hall and main office of the municipal government of Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, Iran. The Municipality Palace features a hall, a clock tower, and a small garden.