During the old time, one or two months before Norooz people were
going to Bazaar and buying their Norooz clothes. Those clothes
were bought which had red or yellow color and were bright. They
believed if they be sewing their clothes on Monday or Friday its
better than Thursday. Because on Thursday the time is heavy! And
their clothes won't be sewing soon! And if they cut clothes on
Tuesday it's going to be for thief and on Wednesday it'll be
burned! They thought they have to bake sweet bread or make
cookies too; (Those were works that should be done before
Norooz). About ten days before Norooz people grew the grassplot
in the dishes and one or two weeks before Norooz they began
house cleaning. The most important thing in Norooz is SOFREYE
HAFT SIN [ People lay the table that spread Somagh (sumac)-
Senjend (oleaster)- Samano (juice of germinating wheat)- Sir
(garlic)- Serke (vinegar)- Sabze (grassplot)- and Seke ( coin)
on it; All of the things on the dinner- cloth have philosophical
reasons. For example (Cand