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Today I 'm going to write about Nowruz in Iran.
The most important tradition that we have in a day of Nowruz is Haftsin( the seven "S"s) table.
we all sit around the table and wait for the start of new year.
This table includes seven items starting with "S" letter in farsi.The items symbolically correspond to seven elements of Life, namely Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Plants, Animals, and Human.
Let me name these "S"s:
1-Sabzeh - wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth
2- Samanu - a sweet pudding made from wheat germ - symbolizing affluence
3- senjed - the dried fruit of the oleaster tree - symbolizing love
4- sir - garlic - symbolizing medicine
5- sib - apples - symbolizing beauty and health
6- somaq - sumac berries - symbolizing (the color of) sunrise
7- serkeh - vinegar - symbolizing age and patience.

and some other items can be added too such as:
- A holy book( Quran,Bible,Avesta,...)
-mirror- symbolizing cleanness and honesty
-lit candals- enlightnment and happiness
- sweets and nuts( for intertaining visitors)
-a bowl of water with goldfish in it
-decorated eggs-symbolizing fertality
-Coins-representative of wealth

You can see some of Haftsin table's on my profile.

If you come Iran in Nowruz I'm sure you'll enjoy a lot:)

In my country new year (we call it Nowrooz) starts on March 21. We have some special customs.

I'm gonna write them here for you:

one of our customs , I like it much, called"Charshambesoori", is on the evening of the last Teausday of year ( it is before Nowrooz).people clean their houses and buy new cloth to get ready for Nowrooz celeberation. In evening Children and sometimes adults go door to door and ask for candy or something,it's much similar to Halloween but you don't put on odd cloths or masks,you have to hide after knocking on the door and fasten a small scarf to the knob of the door. Your neighbour pick up the scarf and put something(mostly sweets or candy) in it and leave it at the door step.After a while you can go and take it but be carefull not to be seen. Nowadays in some cities this custom is going to be forgotten. another custom at that night is making fire, dancing around it and jumping through it.we think that fire can pure us. This celebration takes until midnight.

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