Some if the Items that were put on sale at the market directly relate to the Persian tradition of arranging the Haft-Sin Table.
HAFT SIN, denoting ‘seven items beginning with the letter sin (S)’, is one of the components of the rituals of the New Year’s Day festival.
The sin items are traditionally as follows:
1. sabza, that is, wheat grown to the height of a few inches inside a thin piece of white cloth wrapped around a clay jug . 2. sepand (esfand), seeds of wild rue (often placed in a small incense burner and burned just after the turn of the year. 3. sib, apples, 4. sekka, a few newly minted coins; 5. sir, garlic cloves, 6. serka, vinegar; and 7. a bowl of samanu(called samani by the Shirazis and Kurds).
