Key Persian cultural traditions, festivals, and everyday social etiquette. Front: the Farsi word or phrase in Persian script with romanization in parentheses. Back: English meaning.
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- نوروز (Nowruz)
- The Persian New Year, celebrated at the spring equinox
- هفتسین (haft-sin)
- The seven-item table setting arranged for Nowruz
- چهارشنبهسوری (Chāhārshanbe Suri)
- A fire-jumping festival celebrated before Nowruz
- سیزدهبدر (Sizdah Bedar)
- Nature day, the 13th day of Nowruz spent outdoors
- یلدا (Yaldā)
- The winter solstice celebration, the longest night of the year
- تعارف (ta'ārof)
- The Persian custom of polite ritual insistence and modesty
- مهماننوازی (mehmān-navāzi)
- Hospitality
- چای (chāy)
- Tea, central to Persian hospitality
- فرش ایرانی (farsh-e irāni)
- Persian carpet
- شعر حافظ (she'r-e Hāfez)
- The poetry of Hafez
- فال حافظ (fāl-e Hāfez)
- Fortune-telling using the poems of Hafez
- مسجد (masjed)
- Mosque
- احترام به بزرگترها (ehterām be bozorg-tar-hā)
- Respecting one's elders
- دستبوسی (dast-boosi)
- Kissing an elder's hand as a sign of respect
- عید فطر (Eid-e Fetr)
- The festival marking the end of Ramadan
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