Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Happy Nowruz!

The White House this week celebrated Nowruz, the Persian New Year most often observed by Iranians. First Lady Michelle Obama praised the holiday in remarks at the executive mansion Wednesday. The event featured a Persian dinner and a dance troop’s performance. “For more than 3,000 years, families and communities in the Middle East, Asia and all around the world — including here in the United States — have celebrated this holiday to mark the renewal of the Earth in springtime,” she said.
Nowruz marks the start of both spring and the beginning of the Persian calendar each year. A central facet of Nowruz celebrations are “Haft Sin,” or “the seven S’s” in Persian. Participants display seven items (all beginning with “S” in Persian) as symbols of new hopes for the next year. The first lady said Wednesday the White House has its own Haft Sin display this Nowruz.
Sometimes the winners of cultural wars are those who do not die of mortification during the sorties.

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