no ruse, literally meaning the new day, is a celebration of early spring, when the sun begins to regain strength and overcome winter's cold and darkness. it's so profoundly ingrained in iranian traditions, history and cultural memory, the iranian identity and nourus have mutually buttressed each other for millennia for. for

ancient iranians, it presented a struggle between good and evil on all plains, physical, moral and spiritual, with the total victory for the good. it ushers in the loveliest season of the year with joyous festivities.

there is an abundance of material attributing the festivals founding to jamshid, the mythical king of iran. one well-known legend

is the jamsheed was drawn through the air in a chariot by dieves traveling in one day from damovan to babylon and people made this day a feast day on account of the wonder which they had seen during it and they amused themselves with swinging in order to imitate jamsheed. in 1079 the selj sultan jalal malik shah.

تصمیم دوباره چیزایی که عقب مونده تو زندگیمون و الان میخوایم رفرشش. fires and jumping over them while chanting a verse on the evening of the last wednesday of the year, which is called. به هر حال هر ملتی یک سنتی داره یه اعیادی داره برای خودش یه سال روزهایی داره ما هم عید نوروز برامون روزیه که سال تحویل میشه سعی میکنیم که حالا آیینی که داریم اینه که خونه هامونو تمیز میکنیم آب و جارو میکنیم سعی میکنیم که از یک رخوت زمستون در بیایم و بریم به پیشواز بهار. scrupulous cleaning of houses

and their contents, yeah we have cleaned the windows, we have cleaned the whole house, all the rooms. by tradition, the iranians buy new clothes

for the new year, buying large quantities of sweets, fruits and dry nuts, or also top of the shopping list. today we came. each year to buy some things for noru's day and some gifts for our family, noru's day is so interesting, we came here people sell things here like such as shoes, bags, handbags and such as this fish, today we bought some nots and fighter fishes, something for our damm of them because tomorrow we're going. there for our holidays, well we came here to buy things, the fruits, sweets and dry nuts are placed on this sofre half scene, sofra is a dining cloth and have scenen denotes seven items beginning with the letter seen, in

farsey. it is one of the components of the ritual of norus observed by most نورو اینقدر همه رنگی و un sabza, that is wheat or barley and sometimes lentals grown commonly on earthenware plate as a symbol of life and freshness. two, sanjet or food of silverberry as a symbol of love and affection. three seab

or apples, symbolizing health and fertility. four, somab, a spice popular in the middle east, symbolizing happiness, patience, and perseverance. five: sear or garlic clothes as a symbol of protection in the face of affliction. six: sek or few newly minted coins, symbolizing wealth and prosperity. and seven, samanu, a sweet paste made from germinated wheat and wheat flour, symbolizing affluence and blessings. اصلاً یه حال وهوایی. من اصلاً امروز اومدم اینجا, مردمی که نگاه میکردن.

haji firuz, the most famous among the traditional folk entertainers, appears on the iranian streets in the days preceeding noruz. the haji feruz entertains passers by by singing traditional songs and dancing and playing his tambourine for few coins.

ارباب خودم گلی به جماله از کجا بگم وصف کمال حاجی فیروزم بله سالی یه روزم بله the exact moment of the turning of the year is announced in advance. in anticipation, families gather around the half-seen table, many reciting prayers intended to impart good will to all. many also go to holy places, above all the holy shrine of.

as soon as the year turns, family members get up and kiss each other and offer their greetings. senior members give junior members

their gifts, usually new bank notes. customary congratulatory exclamations are, may your nouruos be happy, may health, victory and prosperity be with you this year, and many or a thousand years to come.

amen, those families who are in morning usually visit the graves of the departed and pray, then return to home. over the past two, three decades, during

noruz, some pay tribute to the fallen of the iraqi war against iran, by going to regions once used to be frontlines were those iranian fighters lost their lives for the sake of their country. the following days are spent visiting friends, going on picnics and traveling to other cities and countries. particularly favorite sites include shiraz. is fahan, mashad and other historic monuments, as well as holy sanctuaries and shrines or the caspian or persian golf resorts.

children especially love nurus. they do not need to work or go to school, they wear new clothes, receive gifts and play various games. many spent their time out of... doors under blossoming trees in fields and gardens or riding horses in the vast plains of the country.

noruz is also favorite time for weddings. is that every family gets out, throws the sabza away while making a wish that with it all mishaps may be averted.

elaborate meals are cooked in large quantities of fruit.

noruz has been celebrated with considerable zeal amongst the nations of iranian background, inhabiting other lands, namely the tajiks, afghans, and kurds of iraq, syria and turkey. in tajikistan, particularly in the province of badakshan, no rues.

in afghanistan noruz is the official holiday and in the balh area it is also called the feast of red roses.

and buying new clothes, preparing sweet dishes and elaborate meals, and with celebrating it, that is, school holidays, visitation, exchange of gifts, partaking of sweets and fruits are much the same as in iran. all kurds celebrate nurus with enthusiasm even in lands where their traditions do not meet with official sanction. everywhere, bonfires are kindled

and fireworks are accompanied by music, dancing, singing and picnicking. in fact, wherever iranian culture has gone,

nouruse has gone with it. in indian control kashmir, for example, nourus is celebrated with great fervor. and i'm coming from chennai, south part of india, and this is my first trip to kashmir and so far it's been wonderful. kashmir is a great place to visit and it's a lifetime. experience or in the united states, iranians celebrate their fatherland's festival every year, sharing its soul, namely kindness with the rest of the people. for years, ahead of nourus, many iranians team up with charities to feed hundreds of homeless men, women, and children. in the us, well, i think when our nation is so divided right now, um, coming together and celebrating a traditional event

like this is important for everyone, it's important to the volunteers who are here to see what many of our brothers and sisters are living with. this is our seventh annual nuruz at the midnight mission, uh, we'll probably serve a couple of... people at this event, but at the midnight mission we serve just under million meals a year. as you see here, these people are happy, so that means nouruse is the essence of iranian culture, on the one hand, it is closely... tied to nature, without nature, the iranian's biggest national festival is meaningless. on the

other hand, people make up for a bulk of nuru's festivities. the biggest gatherings of family and friends usually happen during this time. even people at odds with each other find nuruz the best time. به نظر من عید نوروز روزیه که ما همه باید به همدیگه بیشتر محبت کنیم و همه کدورتها رو بذاریم کنار. غست و غزل خام زد حلقه به در ناروز چهره گشاید بهار روز من است امروز چشمه به جو آمد می به سو آمد از نفس حافظ فار. and above all, no ruse is about hope in the worst of times. no ruse, the new day will finally come, no matter how harsh or

cold the... never give up, the new day will come and we will sing and dance together in sheer happiness.

forests, gaping gorges and amazing waterfalls. it's where heaven and earth meet each other and stars frequent to welcome the visitors at nights. join. has to watch the most wonderful place in the heart of iran.

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