***** Happy Nowrouz *****

Hey everybody....

Happy Nowrouz to all Persians all over the world^^

Well well well, new year was begin since 2:31 ago and now we are in 1392 !!!
It's amazing,right?

Wooah, I really can't believe!!

Time's fly so fast !!! It was like yesterday that I went to all tourist sights and cities in my country with my parents and celebrated our new year in Shiraz!!!

By  the way, Here we go ^__*

What is Nowrouz? so stay tuned hahaha
Nowrouz it means "new day", Nowruz is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia, Caucasus, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea and some groups in the Balkans.

Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical Northward equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday and having significance amongst the Zoroastrian ancestors of modern Iranians, it is also celebrated in parts of the South Asian sub-continent as the new year. The moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year and Iranian families gather together to observe the rituals.

Today since I wake up and see my usually background of light sunshine and hear the lovely spring rain drops! So I start my day so romantic today ^_^

Then I start to preparing for new year celebration and decide to do my nails by the most attractive design :D

And at last...

Jjang!!! Our Haft Sin table :)

And here is the some for introduce Haft Sin for all of you dears:

Haft Sîn (Persian: هفت سین‎) or the seven 'S's is a major traditional table setting of Nowruz, the traditional Iranian spring celebration. The haft sin table includes seven items starting with the letter 'S' or Sīn (س) in the Persian alphabet.

The custom and the traditional practice of Haft Sin has been changed over the past millenium. The term was initially referred to as Haft Chin. The word Haft Chin is derived from the word Chin (چین) meaning "to place" and Haft (هفت), the number 7. The items originally represented seven of the Zoroastrianyazatas or divinities including ātar and asmān. The invasion of Sassanid Persia by the Umayyad Caliphate in 650 brought acculturation and cultural transformation to the local Persians. This subsequently forced the local population to adapt and replace many Zoroastrian customs and words with Arabic and Islamic concepts. The Arabic language was heavily enforced upon the conquered from the local Berbers in North Africa and the Copts in Egypt to the Aramaic Christians in Syria and Iraq, and later the Persians and other Iranian speaking populations throughout Iran and the surrounding areas. The Arab conquests dramatically changed the Middle East and North Africa in respect to language, culture, and religion. The digraph Ch (چ) is not present in the Arabic language leading to its replacement by the letter S (س) in the word Sin. The Arabic assimilation of the Persians and other Iranian groups continued under the Abbasid Empire until the revival of the Persian language and culture by the Samanid Empire in 819 although the term and custom of Haft Chin had evolved into Haft Sin after nearly two centuries of Arab rule.

The "Haft Chin" items are:

1. Mirror – symbolizing Sky
2. Apple – symbolizing Earth
3. Candles – symbolizing Fire
4. Golab – rose water symbolizing Water
5. Sabzeh – wheat, or barley sprouts symbolizing Plants
6. Goldfish – symbolizing turn of new year and it's beginning
7. Painted Eggs – symbolizing Humans and Fertility

 (Divan of Hafez book, Sabzeh, candle, Sonbol, painted eggs by me!!, Coins, dish of sweets,Senjed)

 (Quran, Divan of Hafez, mirror, some painted eggs, Sumaq, Samanu, Senjed, Sabzeh, candles, coins)

(Apples, Samanu, painted egg, coins, Sabzeh, goldfish)

The Haft Sīn items are:

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. sīr – garlic – symbolizing medicine
5. sīb – apples – symbolizing beauty and health
6. somaq – sumac berries – symbolizing (the color of) sunrise
7. serkeh – vinegar – symbolizing age and patience.

Other items on the table may include:

1. Sonbol – Hyacinth (plant)
2. Sekkeh – Coins – representative of wealth
3. traditional Iranian pastries such as baghlava, toot, naan-nokhodchi
4. Aajeel – dried nuts, berries and raisins
5. lit candles (enlightenment and happiness)
6. a mirror (symbolizing cleanness and honesty)
7. decorated eggs, sometimes one for each member of the family (fertility)
8. a bowl of water with goldfish (life within life, and the sign of Pisces which the sun is leaving). As an essential object of the Nowruz table, this goldfish is also "very ancient and meaningful" and with Zoroastrian connection.
9. rosewater, believed to have magical cleansing powers
10. the national colours, for a patriotic touch
11. a holy book (e.g., the Avesta, Qur'an,or Kitáb-i-Aqdas) and/or a poetry book (almost always either the Shahnameh or the Divan of Hafiz)

So... You know about our tradition and our new year celebration!!

Does it fantastic enough for you all??

I must say... I have to go, cause in this day we must go to our granny's home and say hello to them and also say new year congrats and the most attractive part is when they give us a gift :D

So... see you then ;)

Have a good day^^