Nowruz the New Year

On March 21st Afghanistan people come together to celebrate the New Year. During the Taliban rule Nowruz was not allowed this was from (1996-2001). The Guli Surkh Festival which means the festival of red flowers (referring to tulips). The first forty days of the year is when the tulips start growing. New Years started as a persian but spread toward the rest of the middle east. In Nowruz Afghanistan would marks the start of the picnic season. Afghanistan people make a Nowruz table or a haft seen. In contains seven items that are wheat,sweet pudding,Persian olive,vinegar,apple garlic,sumac. This holiday means a lot for this country because it has been allowed. I do celebrate this holiday but it is so cool how other countries do it.