Lets stop the time and move back to old area where a great ruler who had throne of jewels 💎 and Gold and having demons working for him,set the traditions of nowruz , how a sliver magical cup ✨ preserved the nowruz tradition and now at the modern age why children love “ uncle nowruz” character like santa clause. 🧑‍🎄
Later Islamic cultures adopted nowruz, and was celebrated in islam,though there was controversy on nowruz between religious scholars in islam. Lets have a look on what is nowruz in Islam and what different religious scholars have opinion about it.
Common Preparations for Nowruz: House Cleaning, New Clothes, and Sweets In Afghanistan, Nowruz isn’t just the start of a new…
Nowruz preperations begans days before nowruz day tehvil sal e no,people go for shoppings,cleaning homes,purchasing new clothes, and buying gifts for their loved ones.They decorate their homes and prepare delecious food , families gather and share happiness, they play games and this festival goes on till 13th day,they go outside on this day also called last wednesday. They go to parks and toward rivers, the sabzeh (sprountings of sabzeh) is thrown in river and ashes of fire also flown in water as a sign of renewal of eenergy.
When it comes to celebrating Nowruz, one of the most special traditions is creating the haft-seen table. “Haft” means seven in Persian, and “seen” refers to the Persian letter “S.” So, the haft-seen table is all about setting up seven things that start with the letter “S.” It’s a lovely family activity, where everyone gets involved in spreading a special cloth and placing these symbolic items on the table.Â
Water Wednesday: This is about fresh starts, and water’s the star. People go to springs or rivers, fetch water, and sprinkle it around. Oh, and they splash each other too—it’s kind of playful and sweet.
Fire Wednesday: Bonfires are lit everywhere, and here’s the fun part—you jump over them. It’s like saying, “Goodbye, problems!” I love this one because it feels so freeing.
Wind Wednesday: People call out to the wind, literally shouting, “Wind Father!” And if the wind shakes the trees? It’s like a little sign that your dreams are on their way.
In the villages, Halva and Nowruz breads are baked.
Nowruz homemade sweets are usually baked with
rice flour in the plain areas and it is baked with wheat
flour in the mountain areas. Nowruz breads usually
include: Komaj, Kholfa Noon, Bapote Lasse Noon (rice
bread) and Tamijan
For every city there is different time for saat e tehvil, to know exact time for your own city of solar equinox,check this page.
