Yalda:
the longest night of the year
Party Starter Pack
How to prepare for a memorable Yalda with Iranians and non-Iranians alike!
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Invite friends and family
خانواده و دوستان را دعوت کنید
میوه و آجیل
Prepare fruits and dried nuts
Decide how to lead the Hafez poetry reading and divination
فال
Find yourself a native Persian speaker for this part. The internet is full of fake Hafez translations. If you don’t have ‘Divan Hafez‘ or don’t want to translate on the spot, we made these bilingual Hafez Divination Cards especially for this night ➜
Hafez Divination Cards
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Get dinner ready
شام
Usually, lots of tasty snacks are served instead of a large sit down dinner. The King of all Soups, the Persian Aush, or green, baked Persian omelet, Kuku Sabzi, are traditional. For dessert, you can slap a bunch of the pomegranate seeds, which you painfully extracted earlier, on a store-bought cheesecake.
