Celebrate Nowruz in London

"Nowruz is the most important holidays for me, I wish a happy new year to all Iranians around the world."

The Iranian diaspora is preparing to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year. In Britain, where about 90,000 Iranians, stores, like this one, offer everything you need to celebrate Nowruz. The tradition is that we set up a table on which are placed seven elements to wish happiness, health and prosperity to the guests. This is also the time to give New Year gifts to children and celebrate spring.

Nowruz is celebrated for over 3,000 years, it has its roots in the days of the Persian Empire. Iran and Afghanistan, it marks the beginning of the new year, but it is also celebrated by the Kurdish community in Iraq, Syria, Turkey ... Over 300 million people are celebrating Nowruz around the world.

In London, our correspondent met with the store's customers "Caviar"

"I've been here for 40, even 50 years, but I have never forgotten the date of the Iranian New Year, we always celebrate Nowruz. it reminds me of my youth when my parents gave us gifts, and if you, you give me 50 pounds as a gift? "

"I want to live these days as I was living in Iran. I will celebrate the New Year as per tradition, draw up a table with everything you need, even if I am alone. "

"Nowruz is the most important holidays for me, I wish a happy new year to all Iranians around the WORLD_."

Tonight, flowers, wheat, garlic, vinegar, apples, Samanou, dessert very sweet, silver pieces, all things beginning with "ç" will therefore be placed on the festive table . Tradition holds that spot as a mirror, symbol of light, a book of the poet Hafez, a Quran for believers and more recently, some place a jar containing a goldfish ...

And our correspondent in London, Omid Lahabi, concluding:

"The green wheat," sabze "and" sombol "flowers are symbols of Nowruz, they mark the end of winter and beginning of spring, nature is beginning a new life, Happy New Year!"