Persian New Year

This has always been one of my favorite times of the year. Seriously though, how fun is this holiday?? Two weeks of fun including jumping over fires (yes- that’s actually a thing), setting up a haft-seen table, spring cleaning, cooking and eating, buying new clothes, coloring eggs, and picnicking are such a great way to start off the new year and beginning of Spring.

Hi friends, I celebrated the Persian New Year and Easter, take a look.

Every year we celebrate the Persian New Year, or Norooz, on the first day of Spring. I have no idea what year it is in Iran, but celebrating 2016 again is good enough for me. We set up this table called the haft seen that translates to 7 S’s. We put things on it that start with the letter S that symbolize the coming of Spring and all sorts of good stuff.

I recently celebrated my first ever Persian New Year.

The Persian New Year marks the first day of Spring. Most all Persians put up a haft seen in their homes for the new year. A haft seen is a decorated table with items that symbolize the coming of Spring. It literally translates to ‘7 S’s’ Each S represents something different. The seven S’s that we put on the table are.

The Persian New Year is here, and I’ve successfully made my sabzehs for the haft seen. If you’re not Persian and have no idea what I’m talking about, sabzeh is this kind of grass we grow and put on a pretty table spread with a bunch of other things that symbolize the coming of Spring. The grass symbolizes rebirth.