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Iranian food and everyday culture

Nowruz and the Iranian calendar

Nowruz, its customs and the solar calendar that sets it, shared by many peoples and faiths.

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Foundations
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6 h
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  1. Erfan Rajabi (2024). Foodways and culinary identity in Iranian-American memoirs. Food, Culture & Society. DOI 10.1080/15528014.2024.2312664
  2. M. R. GHANOONPARVAR (2016). Iranian Cuisine. The Persian Empire. DOI 10.5040/9798216980629-050
  3. Hatam Mousaei, Ghaffar Pourbakhtiar, Abdolaziz Movahed (2022). Analysis of the Influence of Arabs on Iranian Customs (Case Study: Recreation, Food, and Clothing). DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals). DOI 10.22108/jhr.2022.132096.2304
  4. Farzin Vejdani (2025). Nineteenth-Century Iranian Culinary Culture: Daily Rhythms, Hospitality, and Votive Offerings. Global Food History. DOI 10.1080/20549547.2025.2583015
  5. Assieh Ghahvechi Mashhadi, Greta Noordenbos (2012). Dieting and the Development of Eating Disorders among Iranian Women. Food, Culture & Society. DOI 10.2752/175174412×13190510221913

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01About this course

Who it is for
Families, teachers, school staff and host-country partners.
Format
Self-paced online with classroom materials.
Study time
About 6 hours, estimated
Before you start
Nothing. Everyone is welcome.
Discipline
Iranian food and everyday culture

02What you will be able to do

  • Explain how the equinox sets Nowruz.
  • Describe the haft-sin and its variations.
  • Name the peoples and countries that keep Nowruz.
  • Convert dates between the Solar Hijri and Gregorian calendars.

03Modules

  1. 01

    The equinox and the solar year

    How the calendar works.

  2. 02

    Before Nowruz

    Spring cleaning and Chaharshanbe Suri.

  3. 03

    The haft-sin

    Its items and their meanings.

  4. 04

    Visits and the thirteenth day

    Sizdah Bedar.

  5. 05

    A shared festival

    Nowruz across Iran, Central Asia, the Caucasus and Kurdish communities.

  6. 06

    Teaching Nowruz

    Classroom and community activities.

04Assessment and completion

Plan a Nowruz activity for a class or community group.

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07Pathways that include it

08More from Iranian food and everyday culture

09Further reading

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  1. Foodways and culinary identity in Iranian-American memoirs

    Erfan Rajabi · 2024 · Food, Culture & Society

    ArticleCrossref

  2. Iranian Cuisine

    M. R. GHANOONPARVAR · 2016 · The Persian Empire

    OtherCrossref

  3. Analysis of the Influence of Arabs on Iranian Customs (Case Study: Recreation, Food, and Clothing)

    Hatam Mousaei, Ghaffar Pourbakhtiar, Abdolaziz Movahed · 2022 · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-SA

  4. Nineteenth-Century Iranian Culinary Culture: Daily Rhythms, Hospitality, and Votive Offerings

    Farzin Vejdani · 2025 · Global Food History

    ArticleCrossref

  5. Dieting and the Development of Eating Disorders among Iranian Women

    Assieh Ghahvechi Mashhadi, Greta Noordenbos · 2012 · Food, Culture & Society

    ArticleCrossref

Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.

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APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Nowruz and the Iranian calendar. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/nowruz-and-the-iranian-calendar/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Nowruz and the Iranian Calendar.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/nowruz-and-the-iranian-calendar/.

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	year = {2026},
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	title = {Nowruz and the {Iranian} calendar},
	url = {https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/nowruz-and-the-iranian-calendar/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/nowruz-and-the-iranian-calendar/},
}

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