Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Happy Norouz!

Happy Norouz to all of my friends, near and far! May you have a wonderful new year!

The Persian new year will begin at just after 8pm E.T. We are supposed to spend the passing of the new year with our families, in front of the Sofre Haft-seen (Spread of Seven 'S' = seven items which start with the letter 's'), exchanging gifts. In my version, I will be spending the evening with some Iranian friends. Norouz literally means New Day and occurs on the spring equinox and it is a credit to the precision of the persians that we know the exact time and not just the date :-)
The above link actually has a lot of very interesting details about the traditions of Norouz.

4 comments:

Kanmi the Conqueror said...

What link?
I don't see a link. :(

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need more international friends so I can celebrate the new year 4 times each year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Fly on the Wall said...

The link was on the word Norouz in the blue font... here it is again:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norouz

As for 4 new years:

- gregorian new year
- solar new year (Norouz)
- chinese new year
...
hmm what other new year is there? wow - look at all these new years!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year
we can surely do better than 4 new years per year! :-P

styx said...

Wow yes, that link to Nouruz was very hidden! Anyways, Happy New Year! Nouruz Mobarak!

jeerjeerak said...

Happy New Year!
May everyday for you be a Norooz:)