Tuesday, April 27, 2010

First, spring cleaning or khane takani (means shaking the house) is performed before Nowruz. So everybody cleans their houses like washing the walls and carpets. Another thing that everybody does is buy new clothes to wear for New Year. During the Nowruz holidays, people are expected to visit one another, and the younger people have to go to visit their parents, grandparents, and whoever is older than them. Normally, on the first day of Nowruz, family members gather around the tablecloths, with the Haft Seen on the table or set next to it, and whoever is there prays for New Year and waits for the transition time to the New Year. At that time gifts are exchanged.

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