Every year on the eve of the Spring Equinox, the 13-day-long Persian New Year festival of Nowruz begins. It’s a moment of celebration marked by traditional rituals, like the Chaharshanbe Suri, which ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Haft Sin (Haft Seen) is a traditional custom in the New Year holiday of Iranian known as Nowruz. Actually it is a table setting with 7 different items which its essential items ...

In celebration of Nowruz and of the coming of Springtime we have compiled for you a collection of the most beautiful Haft-Sin tables from around the interwebs. Nowruz is a celebration of the coming of ...

The haft seen, a table set with mirrors, candles, flowers and food, welcomes the Persian new Year. Source: Instagram / ariankhoroushi If you were to peek into the kitchen of any Iranian household ...

A traditional Persian haft sin table setup. Over the weekend, the Iranian Community of Charlotte hosted the Nowruz Bazaar. More than 100 people trickled in and out of the event venue on Central Avenue ...

Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz, starts on the vernal equinox — this year Thursday, March 20 — and is commonly ...

Growing up, Nowruz — or Persian New Year — was always celebrated in my home. It’s the kind of occasion where the food does most of the talking — as is the case with most of Persian culture. Falling on ...

During the vernal equinox, Earth's axis is neither tilted towards nor away from the sun. This symmetrical position of the earth leads to almost the same amount of daylight and darkness at all ...