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1. Happy Nowruz!

2. How are you today?
Circle.

3. Nowruz means 'new day' in Persian and is the
most important festival of the year in Iran.

4. It is also celebrated in a number of other
countries across the Middle East, Central
Asia, South Asia, the Balkans and East Africa.

7. Nowruz is an important festival in Iran,
Central Asia and beyond.

8. spring cleaning

9. People prepare for Nowruz by cleaning the whole
house, and everyone in the family helps out. Carpets,
windows and curtains are cleaned.

10. By doing this spring cleaning, people wash away the
bad things from the previous year and prepare for
better things to come in the new year.

11. People prepare a special table in their homes, where they place
small dishes holding seven symbolic foods and spices.

12. 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).

13. 'seven s's' (haft-seen)

14. wheat or bean sprouts (sabze)

15. vinegar (serke)

16. apples (sib)

17. garlic (sir)

18. garlic (sir)

19. a wheat-based pudding called samanu

20. a red spice called sumac

21. senjed, a kind of wild olive which is common in
the region

22. goldfish

23. goldfish

24. painted eggs

25. candles

26. mirror

27. Circle mirror.

28. coins

29. fire jumping

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38. On the last Tuesday, people observe the Festival of Fire
(Chaharshanbe Suri), which involves jumping over these
fires, which is believed to bring health and good luck in
the new year.

39. Iranians spend the night of Nowruz with their
family.

40. The traditional new year dinner is white fish
with rice and herbs.

41. Many families give a money gift (called eidi)
to the children to mark the new year.

42. People often visit each other's homes and
always bring traditional gifts.

43. The festivities end on the thirteenth day
after Nowruz, when people traditionally
spend the day picnicking outside.

44. What does 'Nowruz' mean in Persian?
New day
New year

45. Where is Nowruz celebrated?
In many countries in Asia
Only in Iran

46. What do people traditionally eat on the night
of Nowruz?
Fish and rice
Wheat sprouts and apples

47. What do people do on the last day of
Nowruz?
They spend the day outside.
They jump over fires.

48. Jumping over fires
Nowruz begins
Preparing seven s’s
Going for a picnic
Eating fish and rice
Watching street performances
Nowruz ends
Cleaning the house
Put the activities and events in the order they happen.

49. Jumping over fires
Nowruz begins
Preparing seven s’s
Going for a picnic
Eating fish and rice
Watching street performances
Nowruz ends
Cleaning the house
Put the activities and events in the order they happen.
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