norooz

Every year, in the Persian culture we celebrate the New Year called Nowrooz. During this period we collect 7 things that begin with the letter S in Persian and put them on a table cloth called "Sofreye Haft Sin". The last Wednesday of each year we celebrate with fireworks and we sing a special song and jump over of the fire. After 13 days of celebrating the New Year we have another ceremony on which we have family pickniks and visit relative and families. In Nowrooz, it is also customary that elders give small amount money to youngsters.In the Persian calendar, the 21th March is the first day of the year. The children, have 15 days of hollidays to have fun like here in Cyprus.I like the celebrations. and I really like Christmas too.