{"id":262575,"date":"2024-03-26T10:54:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princess-christian.nellsar.com\/?p=262575"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:54:07","slug":"princess-christian-care-home-celebrated-nowruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princess-christian.nellsar.com\/princess-christian-care-home-celebrated-nowruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Christian Care Home celebrated Nowruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Last week at Princess Christian Care Home we celebrated Nowruz which is Iranian New Year.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>We invited our Iranian residents along with loved ones to a delicious lunch of special dishes, and after lunch we welcomed our wonderful singer Najwa who performed some wonderful Iranian and English songs for all of us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our residents enjoyed seeing some of our guests dancing, as well as our Nurse Alisha who danced beautifully.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>As is the tradition for Nowruz, we set up a table called &#8216;Haft-Sin&#8217; with the following items on it:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sabzeh<\/strong> \u2013 wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish<br \/>\n<strong>Samanu<\/strong> \u2013 a sweet pudding made from wheat germ<br \/>\n<strong>Senjed<\/strong> \u2013 the dried fruit of the oleaster tree<br \/>\n<strong>S\u00eer<\/strong> \u2013 garlic<br \/>\n<strong>S\u00eeb<\/strong> \u2013 apples<br \/>\n<strong>Somaq<\/strong> \u2013 sumac berries<br \/>\n<strong>Serkeh<\/strong> \u2013 vinegar<br \/>\n<strong>Sonbol<\/strong> \u2013 the fragrant hyacinth flower<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Haft-Sin, also known as Haft-Seen, is a beautiful and meaningful Persian New Year tradition. 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