Did You Know? Norooz

Norooz (also Nowruz, Nawroz, among other spellings) commemorates the Persian New Year and marks the first day of spring. Norooz is considered one of the largest celebrations of the year. This year Nooroz falls on March 21, 2016.

FUN FACTS:

Meaning:

Norooz means “New Day”

No-Rooz Greetings:

No-Rooz Mobarak (Happy No-Rooz, Happy New Year);

Eid-eh Shoma Mobarak (Happy New Year to you);

No-Rooz Pirooz (Wishing you a Prosperous New Year);

Sad Saal be in Saal-ha (Wishing you 100 more Happy New Years).

Setting the “Haft Seen”:

Haft Seen is a tabletop arrangement of seven symbolic items traditionally displayed at Nooroz. The haft seen table includes seven items all starting with the letter “seen” (س) in the Persian alphabet.

The Haft Seen items are:

1. Sabzeh (سبزه) - wheat, barley, mung bean or lentilsprouts growing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth
2. Samanu (سمنو) - sweetpudding made fromwheat germ - symbolizing affluence
3. Senjed (سنجد) - driedoleaster Wild Olive fruit - symbolizing love
4. Seer (سیر) - garlic - symbolizing medicine
5. Seeb (سیب) - apple - symbolizing beauty and health
6. Somāq (سماق) - sumac fruit - symbolizing (the color of) sunrise
7. Serkeh (سرکه) - vinegar - symbolizingold -age and patience

Sources: http://www.iranchamber.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz & http://www.ibtimes.com/

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