International women’s Day, March 8th was celebrated this year of 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia with the hard work and efforts of the Iranian Women’s Cultural Society. Again in the third year in a row, Kay Meek Center in West Vancouver was filled with Iranian women and men who came out to acknowledge women. This…
Month: March 2009
Sofreh Haft-Sin
Softfreh Haft-Sin: Sir, Somag, Senjed, Sabzeh, Samanou, Sib, Serkeh. This is a collection of seven objects that in our culture represent the coming spring for us. These objects have symbolical meaning and metaphorical value for our tradition. It is incredible that each one of these objects has something to do with health and longevity. Just…
Nouroz Is A Style of Life
Did va bazdid = visit and re-visit Nouroz is the time and visiting and re-visiting our loved ones while opening our doors to those who want to pay respect to us. The beauty of Nouroz is the promise of a new year intertwined with new relationships. The New Year and new life however require strengthening…
Nouroz Greetings
We Iranians use various ways to greet one another. This is part of our culture and greeting is about paying respect. Nouroz greeting however is really special, it has many elements of positive psychology. This is something to acknowledge and celebrate. 1. Har roz Nouroz and Nouroz piroz = Everyday be Nouroz and Nouroz be…
This complex Concept of Aberoo
We Iranian live with a very complicated existential and culturally influenced concept called Aberoo. Certainly this concept is known in other Persian speaking nations. The notion of Aberoo impacts our daily life, physical and psychological health as well as our financial situation. In any case the notion of Aberoo keeps us away of being honest,…