Video Script

TITLE: First day of spring, Persian New Year

WRITER: Juliana Shajari
PRODUCER: Juliana Shajari
DATE: 3/20/16

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Title Page Persian New

Year

- Light music

00:04

Me Talking

Hello, Today is the first day of spring and it is

Persian New Year. We are going to have a
gathering and Dr. Shayan will talk about haft
cen

00:13

Show Haft cen table

-Light music.

00:08

A banner in Farsi and

English
Dr. Shayan Starts talking in
Farsi, explaining the concept
and the history of haft cen

00:56
Haft cen table consists of seven edibles that
their name starts with letter cen . Choice of
number 7 goes back to the origin of the creation
of the universe, which some people trust that
has happened in 7 days. The main element of
the haft cen is sabzeh (wheatgrass).

The guests are sitting in the

living room, reading poetry.
Dr. Abraham reads a poem
from Hafez. Closed
captioning starts with the

-Light music
Dr. Abraham reads some poems from different
poets.
Second voice translating the poem in English

01:40

female voice translating the

poetry.

Spring and all its flowers

now joyously break their vow of silence.
You too weed out those roots of
sadness from your heart.
The Sabaa wind arrives;
and in deep resonance, the flower
passionately rips open its garments,
thrusting itself from itself.
Pay close attention to the artistry of the
Sabaa wind,
that wafts in pollen from afar,
And ripples the beautiful tresses
of the fields of hyacinth flowers.
And frenzied bulbul flies madly out of the
House of Sadness
to unite with the flowers;
its love-crazed cry like a thousandtrumpet blast.
The Way of Truth, learn from the clarity
of water,
Learn freedom from the spreading grass.

A Red Rose - appears

-Light music
The last two hemistichs of the poem

00:08

Call out appear- Happy New

Year in Farsi and English

-Light music

00:03