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Haft-Seen also spelled as Haft Sin (Persian: ????????, the seven seen's) is a tabletop (sofreh) or (Haft Mewa,??? ????, the seven fruit's) arrangement of seven symbolic items traditionally displayed at Nowruz, the Iranian new year. The haft-seen table includes seven items all starting with the letter Seen (letter) (?) in the Persian alphabet.
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Items
The primary Haft-Seen items, which are more than seven, are:
- Sabzeh (????) - wheat, barley, mung bean or lentil sprouts growing in a dish,
- Samanu (????) - sweet pudding made from wheat germ,
- Senjed (????) - dried Persian olive,
- Seer (???) - garlic,
- Seeb (???) - apple,
- Som?q (????) - sumac,
- Serkeh (????) - vinegar,
- Sekkeh (???) - coin.
Additional items
The following items may also appear on the Haft-Seen table as ornaments or for the sake of completeness. Although some of these items are Persian symbols, they are not the main part of the traditional Haft-Seen.
- A holy book, usually Qur'an or Avesta
- Divan-e Hafez, or Shahnameh; Iranian poetry books
- a mirror with two candles,
- a goldfish in a glass bowl,
- a lamp
- painted eggs
- a bowl of water
- wheat or bread
- hyacinth flower
- Some traditional confectionaries like Shirini nokhodchi or Nanberenji, and some candies.
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Gallery
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See also
- Koloocheh
- Mashghati
- Seder Plate, a similar display for the Jewish holiday of Pesach
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External links
- Nowruz time (Iranian New Year)
- Iranian Traditional Tables including Haft-Seen
- persian haft-seen, photo and history
- ????? ????? ?? ????? ??? 1396 ???? Nowruz Countdown to March 20, 2017
- MTO Haftseen 2010
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