Nowruz

the word now means new and the word ruz means day, so nowruz means starting a new day and it is the Celebration of the start of spring . 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 and visit each other. It is also the best time to re-experience the feeling of mehr (pure love). In nowruz all families talk about their best experiences of the last year and the things they are looking forward in the next year and they all become bonded again in peace. There are many other things Iranians do for nowruz including khane tekani (cleaning the house) and haji firoz, where a person who make his face black and wears a red dress, walks around the streets and entertains people by singing a special song:

    حاجی فیروزه سالی یک روزه همه میدونن منم میدونم عید نوروز

    ارباب خودم سلام علیکم ارباب خودم سرتو بالا کن ارباب خودم منو نگا کن ارباب خودم لطفی به ما کن ارباب خودم بزبز قندی

    ارباب خودم چرا نمیخندی؟ بشکن بشکنه بشکن من نمیشکنم بشکن اینجا بشکنم یار گله داره اونجا بشکنم یار گله داره

     این سیاه بیچاره چقدر حوصله داره

KHaneh-Tekani

Haft-Sin or the seven 'S's is a traditional table setting of Nowruz, the traditional Iranian spring celebration. Today the haft seen table includes seven specific items, all starting with the letter sin (س) in the Persian alphabet. Haft-Sin was originally called Haftchin (Haftĉin) derived from the words Chin (چین) and Haft (هفت) meaning "to place" seven (items). The table is set by placing the following items which symbolize Zoroastrian yazatas or divinities such as ātar and asmān.

The original "Haft Chin" items are:

Mirror - symbolizing Sky

Painted Eggs - symbolizing Humans and Fertility

The term and therefore the concept was changed due to the fact that the digraph Ch (چ) in the word Chin was replaced with the letter S (س) because the Arabian Caliphs did not have the sound Ch in their language, leading to the evolution of the word Haft Sin, which no longer symbolizes the 7 original divinities.

The Haft Seen items are:

Sabzeh - wheat, barley, mung bean or lentil sprouts growing in a dish - symbolising rebirth

Serkeh - vinegar - symbolising old-age and patience