Tehran, YJC. The Nowruz table is a tradition kept from olden times. On the table people set many things each with special meanings.
Egg is one of the things that the Iranian set on
their Nowruz table (sofreh). It holds special significance.
Most importantly, the egg can be interpreted as the
symbol for the origin of life. Something that is about to thrive with life and
start development.
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The eggs are first boiled and then painted in
lively colors before brought to the table.
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In some rural areas they place an egg before the
mirror. This comes from the belief that as the cow, symbol for winter, who
holds the earth on its horns shifts it from one to the other horn, the egg on
the mirror will move and thus people know that years have shifted.