In harmony with the rebirth of nature, Norooz always begins on the first day of spring and lasts for thirteen days. Norooz ceremonies are symbolic of two old concepts, the end  and the rebirth. A few weeks before the New Year, Iranians clean and arrange their homes. They bake pastries, make new clothes and germinate seeds as a sign of renewal. A ceromonial cloth is set up in each house. Troubadours, referred to as Haji Firuz, wear brightly coloured outfits and disguise themselves with makeup. Haji Firuz sing and dance as they parade through the streets with kettle drums, trumpets and tambourines spreading the news of the coming new year and bringing good cheer.

Naan-Gerdooee

Ingredients: (Four Servings)

Six Egg whites
One Teaspoon Of Vanilla
Six Spoonfulls Of Sugar
300 Grams Of Crushed Walnuts

Method:

Mix egg whites, sugar and vanilla and beat well until the mix is quite thick and white. Add crushed walnuts and mix well.Take portions with a teaspoon and make round. Bake in the oven (on Baking paper) at 300F for twenty minutes.

NOROOZ LANTERN

Things You Need:

Tin Can, Freezer, Hammer, Nails, Thin Hanger Wire

Instructions:

1. Fill can with water and place in freezer. It should be frozen in approximately 48 hours.

2. Draw a design on the can with a marker.

3. Put the frozen can on a towel so it won't run away. Punch holes in it with  the hammer and a nail. Use different sized of nails for different hole sizes.

4. When the ice starts melting put the can back in the freezer and maybe you could start on another one.

5. Use thin coat hanger wire for handles and hanging loops.

6. Melt a tiny bit of candle wax inside the base and place the candle on the wax before it cools off. Hang it in a safe place.
 

This is the last Wednesday of the year. On this eve bonfires are lit in public places hoping for enlightenment and happiness throughout the coming year. People leap over the flames shouting "Give me your beautiful red colour and take back my sickly pallor".

This is another ritual in which someone makes a wish and stands on the corner of an intersection, or on a terrace or behind a wall. that person will know his/her fortune when he overhears conversation of the passersby.

A ceremonial table called Sofreh-e Haft Sinn (cloth of seven dishes), with the name of each dish beginning with the persian letter Sinn.

The two week long Noorooz festival is ended by "Sizdeh-Bedar" this day is the last opportunity to rejoin with either your family or friends. It is the last day of  Norooz , this day is celebrated in a picnic kind of way.  The next day school will open again and shops will open at regular hours and agencies will be back on operation.

The girls and boys have a special doing this day, they will tie a piece of grass together and wish for a husband or wife the parents would have a different request they would wish for a house or other have-to-have things.

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