Iran: at work, play and prayer - preview
With threats about Iran in the headlines, Kath Worrall finds the human side during No Ruz, the Iranian new year celebration
The Iranian New Year, No Ruz, is marked by thirteen days of celebrations, 26 March to 8 April in 2006 We arrived in Teheran in the middle of it Every public and private building has a No Ruz table set with a goldfish in a bowl, seven items that start with s in Farsi, eggs and either a copy of the Koran or the poems of the great national poet Hafiz, depending on the religiousness of the household It is the time of hope and a new beginning The nation is on holiday, with much picnicking and camping, so that the parks are full to overflowing with extended family groups, and even the sides of motorways and the grass in the middle of dual carriageways is densely populated On the last day it's obligatory to eat out of doors, and the equipment used, and menus provided, would be the envy of many restaurateurs in Britain City dwellers go to the country while the towns fill up with countryfolk Everywhere we went we were engaged in conversation when people heard us speak English It ranged from the stilted 'where you from? Welcome to Iran, we hope you like our country' to the sort of conversations we only have in Britain with people you've known for years The kindness of strangers was overwhelming
Kath Worrall, Carlisle & Holm MM
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