نوروز (Noruz) means Iranian New Year and it also represents the first of spring.
Here in Linköping, the Iranians had a big party on the last Tuesday night (17.03.09) of Iranian year.
Though we're not Iranian, Ali still invited us to this party. It was totally a different culture that I've never seen before.
e.x. we did a special "fire crossing" action:
And for Iranian New Year, they have lots of things symboling, just like the Chinese people: we'd like to say that everything has a good meaning of it.
These plants mean "reborn" in Iranian. I hope when spring comes, here in Sweden will be sunny days for BBQ and beach volleyball!
yet it snows today! I believe I'm in Sweden :)