The Persian Hour ‘NoRooz or Nowruz’ Part 2

Time of NoRooz in Portland is Saturday, March 20 at 2:37:28 AM. It’s traditional among the Iranian families to gather around a spread known as ‘Haft-Seen’ at the exact time of NoRooz dressed in new clothes. Haft-seen or 7-S’s is made of a spread consist of seven symbolic items starting with the letter ‘s’. They symbolize the new Vernal Spring Equinox. For example the re-birth of Earth, love, beauty, health, prosperity and more. 

 

Background: by the United Nations 

The word Nowruz (Novruz, Navruz, Nooruz, Nevruz, Nauryz), means new day; its spelling and pronunciation may vary by country.

Nowruz marks the first day of spring and is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on 21 March. It is celebrated as the beginning of the new year by more than 300 million people all around the world and has been celebrated for over 3,000 years in the Balkans, the Black Sea Basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East and other regions.

International Nowruz Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/64/253 of 2010, at the initiative of several countries that share this holiday.