Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today congratulated Armenia’s Kurdish community on the occasion of Novruz (Nowruz or Norooz \u2014 Persian New Year).<\/p>\n
“Let this dazzling holiday bring joy and happiness to each Kurdish family. I wish that together with spring and awakening your cherished wishes and goals come true and success comes to every area of your community life and social life of our common home. We, in turn, are ready to provide all around assistance in resolving any problems that might arise.<\/p>\n
“Dear Kurd compatriots,<\/p>\n
“Your concerns are all of our concerns, and your joy is all of our joy,” he said, according to the statement<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> published on the president’s official website.<\/p>\n Falling on the Spring equinox, Nowruz is a 13-day celebration with rich, ancient rituals and customs that usher in the new year. Nowruz includes \u201cKhouneh Tekouni\u201d meaning Spring Cleaning, \u201cChah\u00e2rshanbe S\u00fbr\u00ee,\u201d which literally translates as \u201cRed Wednesday\u201d but involves jumping over bonfires while singing a traditional song. Nowruz is also celebrated in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and in Kurdish communities, writes ianyan magazine<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Perhaps the most symbolic part of Nowruz is the \u201cHaft Sin\u201d table, which contains seven items that all start with the letter \u201cS.\u201d They include:<\/p>\n Sabzeh (lentils or barley): symbolizing good fortune Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today congratulated Armenia’s Kurdish community on the occasion of Novruz (or Persian New Year).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[13910,15502,39675,23423,23642,39676,21816,18854],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSamanu (sweet pudding): symbolizing fertility and affluence
\nSir (garlic): symbolizing medicine
\nSenjed (fruit from the oleaster tree); symbolizing love
\nSib (apples): symbolizing health and beauty
\nSumac (sumac berries): symbolizing the color of the sunrise
\nSerkeh (vinegar): symbolizing age and patience
\nThe table can also include candles (happiness), coins (wealth), goldfish in water (life within life) and a holy book (Qur\u2019an, Bible, Torah) or a poetry book (Hafez)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"