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Spring is Comping

Happy Nowruz

Nowruz means 'new day' in Persian and is the most important festival of the year in Iran and dates back at least 3,000 years. Nowruz marks the spring equinox. It's the day when winter changes into spring in the northern hemisphere, and it feels like a new beginning.
People prepare a special table in their homes, where they place small dishes holding seven symbolic foods and spices. The names of these foods all start with the letter 's' in Persian and so the table is called the 'seven s's' (haft-seen).