Navroz is a day of celebration. Apart from new clothes, all Parsis wear their gold or silver jewelry and caps. Auspicious symbols like fish, birds, butterflies and stars, are patterned on doorways with metallic moulds. Guests are welcomed with a sprinkling of rose-water and rice.
The most traditional drink for Navroz is falooda, which is prepared with milk and flavoured with rose water.
The traditional lunch consists of sev and sweet yogurt, followed by pulao. The meal would end with ravo. A copy of the Gathas, a lit lamp, an afrigan, a bowl of water containing live fish, a shallow earthenware plate with sprouted wheat or beans for prosperity, flowers for colour, a silver coin for wealth, painted eggs for productivity, and sweets and rosewater in bowls for sweetness and happiness, are kept on a table. Apart from these, the table also has seven foods beginning with 'sh' and 's'. These are meant to symbolise creation.
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