These women in Estalakh Jan, a village in the northern province of Gilan, are cooking samanu in preparation for the Persian new year, or Nowuz, which begins on March 21. The dish, a sweet paste made from wheat and which sometimes includes crushed pistachios or other nuts, pre-dates Islamic Iran and is usually included in the haft-sin, the traditional table setting for the new year period.
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