last Wednesday

Celebrating the last Wednesday night of the year or the Syrian Wednesday on the eve of Nowruz has been a tradition among Iranians for a long time and has its own customs and traditions. It is said that this celebration has been preserved for the current generations since the time of ancient Iran, but according to the research of researchers and historians, the placement of this celebration on the last Wednesday night of the year is related to the Islamic era and after ancient Iran. Because in the pre-Islam era (ancient Iran era), there were no days of the week and the month was divided into 30 days with different names. Arabs believed that Wednesday is the day of mourning, and Zoroastrians used to light fire on the last five days of the year to get rid of impurities. Therefore, it was decided among the Iranians to light a fire on the last Wednesday night of the year, so that the filth and sadness of the old year will disappear on Wednesday.
Regarding the reason for arson, it should be said that in the eyes of Iranians, fire is a representative of divine light and a purifier of all evil, and by lighting a fire in the last days of the year, all the evils and curses related to the old year can be removed and erased. It should be mentioned that Nahsi on Wednesday is only derived from popular beliefs and has no scientific basis. The fire ceremony is common not only in Iran, but also in other countries and religions, so that Catholic Christians also light fire a few days before Easter on the day known as "Ash Wednesday". On the night of the last Wednesday of the year (Tuesday sunset), all people, from men and women to the old, young and children, light fires in the courtyards of houses and in alleys and temples, in desert areas and coastal areas, and they all jump over it. And they say this famous sentence while jumping over the fire: "My yellowness is because of you, your redness is because of me."
One of the ceremonies of Chaharshan Suri is Bute Afrozi; In this way, every family prepared dry bushes or gun in 3, 5 or 7 (odd numbers) piles on the roof or open space of their house, and when it got dark, they all gathered together, and set fire to these piles. They jumped over it. (Of course, some cities in Iran have been seen to have mounds aligned with even numbers) It is interesting to know that in some sources, jumping over fire, which is common almost everywhere in Iran, is interpreted as a mythological story of Siavash who passes through fire and because of his purity, it remains healthy. In fact, there is a belief that by passing through fire, diseases will be removed from a person
Lighting a fire: the most famous custom of this night in all parts of the city, village and neighborhood, is to set fire to a threshing floor of firewood or any other combustible material and jump over it while reading the poem "My yellowness is from you, your redness is from me/ Sadness goes to happiness, happiness comes to you." Go and come someday.
Spooning: The lucky girls would wear a tent, a bowl and a spoon in their hands and go to the door of their neighbors' houses together with children and teenagers and ask them for gifts or nuts.
Giving salt: In Shiraz, people put a basket containing salt packets on their heads and walk through the streets of the city and give a handful of salt to every passerby they meet and get money for it.
Burning fabric and buying pewter: In Isfahan, people set fire to blue cloth and jump over it, and after passing in front of seven grocery shops, they finally bought pewter from a shop and burned it at home with incense as a sign of breaking the eyes.

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