Norooz is the Persian New Year (Norooz means new day in Farsi) which happens on March 21st of every year or Farvardin 1st of the Iranian calendar. This year as Saal Tahvil (the exchange of the old year with the new one) happens, the year 1388 goes out and the year 1389 will begin. The Persian solar calendar is different from the Western calendar and Norooz celebrations are not in any way affiliated with any religion whatsoever.This years Saal tahvil in North America happens at 10:35 am Los Angeles time. During the 2 week festivities a traditional table setting is set called Haftseen. Haftseen means Seven S's. This table contains many items 7 of which whose names in Farsi start with the letter S. I have taken several pics from our Haftseen table here which I will post in ths entry so enjoy the pics :) if you would like to learn more about Norooz go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz
If youd like to hear President Obama's Norooz message go here:http://payvand.com/blog/1389/
and if you like to learn more about Haftseen go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haft-Sin