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Traditional table setting of Iranian Spring Celebration, Nowruz.

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Sepideh Q.

Free Account, Tehran

Traditional table setting of Iranian Spring Celebration, Nowruz.

Haft-Seen , or the seven 'S's is a traditional table setting of Persian New Year which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed

The Haft-Seen items are:

"sabzeh" - wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth
"samanu" - a sweet pudding made from wheat germ - symbolizing affluence
"senjed" - the dried fruit of the oleaster tree - symbolizing love
"sir" - garlic - symbolizing medicine
"sib" - apples - symbolizing beauty and health
"somaq" - sumac berries - symbolizing (the color of) sunrise
"serkeh" - vinegar - symbolizing age and patience.
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I shot the pictures of a Street Haft-seen near our house. There are lots of them set on different squares and shopping centers and ....
I will upload mine too soon , on 21st March ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#Nowruz_celebration_in_Iran

Commenti 13

Felipe Riquelme 10/06/2012 22:01
Bellisimo collage con diversas ediciones o temas...genial en su color,nitidez y bello encuadre..es fascinante verla...Gracias por estar en mi galería y te animo a que subas mas fotos..un gran abrazo,saludos.
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Saman Parsi 30/04/2012 20:31
nice job !!!
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Sally Dunn 18/03/2012 18:18
How interesting Sepideh! I like seeing food and celebrations from different cultures. I like the way you have made the pictures bigger so I can see the detail. A Happy New Year to you!
Hugs
Sally
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Claudio Micheli 17/03/2012 16:58
...è molto bella!
Ciao
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Alfred Schultz 16/03/2012 19:51
Salam Sepideh,
This is the first time that I hear about this event.
Your collage gives a good impression and shows how this New Year and Spring tradition is celebrated in your country.
Best wishes - A.

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Adele D. Oliver 16/03/2012 19:42
Ohhh, how very interesting and how very colourful your presentation of these traditional dishes ... everything looks so appetizing and must taste great ... and is so beautifully arranged with the statues. Great to learn about your traditions !!!
a hug, Adele
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Birgit Presser 16/03/2012 17:37
Great, great, great!!!
Regards,Bibi
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MIROSLAV JOVANOVIKJ 16/03/2012 16:28
Hello Sepideh!
My congratulations to you and your family, nice New Year!
Nice photo collages,
Kind regards,Miroslav

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s. sabine krause 16/03/2012 16:16
so much to see and learn from this beautiful, colorful and eye-catching collage! and what a great interesting and happy tradition, sepideh! love how all the items are on display in their own boxes – makes them look twice as precious and divine that way! i particularly like your shot of the box overflowing with apples – what a great image of beauty, health and life indeed! have to admit, though, that sweet-toothed me is magically drawn to the box right next to it, too: what beautiful pastel-colored candy (?)! ; ))) spring greetings from a sunny northern germany! and my best wishes for your soon-to-come persian new-year's celebrations! sabine
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Vera M. Shulga 16/03/2012 15:36
Wonderful collages with very interesting info to it.
Regards, Vera
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Christian Bertero 16/03/2012 14:57
Your composition and text are very interesting. About the list of products it's a little bit like in Provence in south of France, where they have 13 products for Christmas and the end of year, in december.

But your new year on 21 march, remembers that Roman Empire had march as beginning the year and this explains the name of a month like september = 7th month of the year in this time, or october = the 8th month ...

Congratulations Sepideh and nice New Year ... very close now.

Christian
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BRYAN CRUTE 16/03/2012 14:46
Another beautifully constructed collage, compliments on this fine image

Regards
Bryan
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Ingrid H 16/03/2012 12:57
how great, dear sepideh - norouz is coming.......... :-)))))))
thank you for your interesting and beautiful collage!!!!!!
I like all the customs around norouz really a lot, and here you can see my haftsin from last year!! :-) best regards, ingrid h
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