Spring of Iran
Sizdah Beh-dar, 13 Bedar (getting rid of thirteen) that often occurs in 1st April is the Persian festival of the joy and solidarity celebrated on the 13th Farvardin (13th day of spring) on the last day of Norooz (the Persian new year vacations).
In the fables there was a moony king who ordered the soldiers to take the 1st passer of the town in the sunshine of such a day and telling him from now he is the king. So he could live in the palace and orders what he wished until the sunset when the king ordered to kill the victim.
Some of the customs of Sizdah Bedar by Iranian families all over the world is leaving the house and going to picnic. You may not find easily an empty place outdoors and everywhere is full of people who are enjoying the beauty of blooms. Also, the families throw away Sabzeh (the grown wheat sprouts of the new year table, Haftsin) which is becoming yellow now, making the gold fish of Haftsin free to a pool or a river, knotting the blades of grass that means love and the bond between man and woman, eating lettuce and a local syrup called Sekanjebin and telling something unreal, a funny joke or telling a lie to the friends.
Sizdah Bedar is also known as the day of appreciating the nature and thanking the earth.
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