During the last Tuesday, people usually go to the cemetery and visit their relatives’ graves taking Samani (the grass) and candles. At the graveyard, they ask the mollahs to read prayers, thus they don’t forget their past and memorize and respect their relatives.

During the holiday, people cover their table with 7 (seven) blessings: water (a symbol of purity), a mirror (symbol of innocence), “samani” (a kind of sprout or grass that will continue to grow in the weeks leading up to the holiday, for rebirth and renewal), fish (a symbol of activity), apple (for a nice smell), halva (sweets), and a cup with gold (to symbolize prosperity). Moreover, during the holiday the candles must be lit, and no one should snuff them out.

Colored eggs decorate the tables, referring to the creation of living beings. Eggs are usually painted red. The red color is the embodiment of mankind’s desire to live in amusement. Tahir Amiraslanov, the director of the center of National Cuisine, asserts that the eggs are the symbol of the transition from inanimate to creature form. He adds, “They usually ask what was created first, the egg or the chicken. And the answer is the egg, because creatures were created from inanimates. God created the land first, and then people and animals. The egg is inanimate as well as a creature,” he says in one of the interviews to local websites.

Along with the decoration, the eggs are used for the competition too. Everyone should bring the most solid egg to the fire and start to hit the others with one's egg. The person's egg that was broken is considered to be lost, and the winner will take his egg.

The main personages of Nowruz are Kechal (the bald man), Kosa and Bahar qizi ( literary means ‘the daughter of Spring’). Bald symbolizes the previous period of the awakening of nature, Kosa - fertility and provision - and the Spring's daughter characterizes the abundance and sprouting of vegetation.

One of the traditions of Novruz is that children, neighbors and relatives are dropping hats under the doors. The hat should be filled with the blessings and returned to the owner. It has a meaning; according to belief, people share their blessings and give alms to poor families.