Nowruz – the Persian New Year – is one of the world’s great festivals, a full month of activities celebrating the earth, the arrival of spring, and the rebirth of nature. Most of all, it is a festival for families. Children and adults alike can share in preparing special meals, decorating the house, and performing the many ceremonies that welcome the New Year. This book is a guide to customs thousands of years old yet as vital as ever – enjoyable for families no matter where they live or what their beliefs. Happy Nowruz offers twenty-five fun, easy, and innovative Nowruz recipes, with lots of photos to show you what to do.
This is an ideal guide for parents, teachers, and kids – age six and older – to know more about the origins of Nowruz and to get everyone involved in preparing for the arrival of spring by:
- baking Haji Firuz cookies
- germinating seeds in eggshells
- coloring eggs
- making a Nowruz garland
- jumping over fires
- setting the Haft-sinn (seven-s) holiday table
- planting narcissus and hyacinth bulbs
- selecting and buying goldfish
- banging spoons for trick-or-treating
- cooking the Nowruz dinner
- enjoying the Outdoor Thirteen picnic
