Sofreh - A cloth spread on the floor; used to either serve food on or for the display of the arrangements and symbols of the Persian Wedding (Aghd) and New Year (Norooz) ceremonies.

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Salaam.  The Sofreh is one of the most beautiful and sacred traditions that I have seen.  Sofreh Atelier Provides Persian Couples – Sofreh Aghd for rent, custom staging for your Sofreh, consultation for the DIY couple, rental and sale items, and Sofreh -haft for your Norooz Event in Maryland, DC, Virginia and beyond!  Since flowers are central to Sofreh, our friends Mahsa and Shahed will happily work with your florist or recommend great florists that they have previously worked with.

Traditional items placed on a Sofreh – Mirror (ayneh), candle holders (shamdoon), the spread (termeh or other elaborate cloth), bread (naan), decorated eggs, decorated nuts, crystallized sugar (nabaat), sugar cones (Kaleh ghand), honey (asal), sabzi (herbs), fruit (miveh), esfand (rue), sweets (shirini) and the Holy book.

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Thanks to our photographers – Thomas Van Veen and SOTA Designs

Happy Planning!

Tags: Ethnic Wedding traditions, Persian Wedding Traditions, Wedding decoration, Wedding traditions

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