Spring is in the air & so is Novruz!

9 Comments | March 3, 2008 | Posted in Holidays, Misc

Tree in Bloom

Spring is coming. With its colors, liveliness and freshness. Where I live we’ve been seeing trees blooming and hearing birds chirping for quite some time already. I took a picture of our neighbor’s beautiful tree in full bloom (our apricot tree is lazy, it’s just starting to bloom, slowly) a couple of days ago, during my morning stroll with the baby. Loved the pink flowers.

One of the major holidays in Azerbaijan - Novruz - is associated with spring. It symbolizes the awakening of the nature. Novruz is celebrated on March 21, the first day of Spring, but the joyful preparations for the holiday begin far in advance, from early March.

Celebrating Novruz is fun. Growing the wheat sprouts Samani, cleaning up the house, jumping over bonfire, knocking at the doors for treats, visiting the family, the elderly, cooking, baking Novruz desserts pakhlava (baklava) and shekerbura, and sharing them with neighbors, friends and family are some of the wonderful things that happen in Novruz.

I will be posting some recipes of the food, including the desserts, typically prepared for Novruz. So, don’t go anywhere:) Or if you go, come back and cook with me!

Happy Spring!

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  • 1. Hülya Polat  |  March 4th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

    Sevgili Feride,
    tabii ki “guest cook ” olurum sen yeterki iste.Ayr?nt?l? resim ve tarif veririz.?ngilizceye de çeviririz iki dilde de yay?nlars?n istersen.Hatta K?br?s yeme?i de yapabiliriz.Sen akl?ndakileri bana yaz.Nevruz ‘un kutlu olsun.Türkçen çok güzel diye Türkçe yaz?yorum art?k.Sevgiler

  • 2. farida  |  March 5th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    Hulya, cok tesekkurler! Guest book projesine baslayinca haber veririm sana. Sevgiyle kal.

  • 3. Seena  |  March 24th, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    Beautiful picture, Farida, I love flowers..

  • 4. saida  |  June 1st, 2008 at 1:19 am

    Salam Farida! Sene teshekkurlerimi bildirirem gözel peseptlerin ucun. Sade ve dadli.

  • 5. Gullu  |  November 23rd, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Salam Faride xanum, siz bilmirsiniz neter “jinjer-bread-house” onu neter yaxshi ve pushistiy elemek olar?

  • 6. Farida’s Azerbaijan&hellip  |  March 6th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    [...] wrote about Novruz and what is done to prepare for it last year and there was a paragraph about Novruz in my interview to the Arab Times [...]

  • 7. Jwan  |  August 6th, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    Farida I love your recipes, I made your bread and every one in my family loved it. And I like the way you talk about Navruz because we celebrate it too in Kurdistan. Thanks for sharing.

    Jwan

  • 8. Sharon Hamilton  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 am

    Hi Farida-

    I’ve been watching your posts on the Azeri adoption list but have never been brave enough to try one. I have two children adopted from Baku. My daughter’s 2nd grade class is having Heritage week next week and I want to make something that’s (1) traditional Azeri (2) somewhat easy (3) something 7 year old kids would like.
    Would you please recommend something to me? thanks, Sharon

  • 9. 2playersgames  |  May 7th, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    Merhabalar, çok güzel bu site sevdim yemek tariflerini çok be?eniyorum çal??malar?n?z?n devam?n? dilerim.

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