Ritual of rolling babies in flowers revived in southern Iran

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Khafr it is performed with daffodils instead of roses, which are native to this region.Furthermore, the ceremony is held in winter instead
holy humans promised the birth of a child.People in this region believe that rolling babies among the flowers gives them joy and refreshment
collected by their mothers or grandmothers and poured into a light, white cloth.A day before the ceremony, one of the grandmothers takes the
baby to the bath
cloth, and petals are poured on the babies, wishing them health and long life.Women thereafter take four sides of the sheet and roll the
baby among the petals while reciting religious songs and verses of the Quran, and waving the sheet back and forth, believing the soul will
be cleansed and the child will be kept healthy and fresh.Guests place their gifts near the cloth after the baby was placed on the floor
As the ceremony concludes, sweets and tea are served.When the ceremony is over, mothers dry the petals by placing them in shade to keep them
for the future, placing the dried petals in their future prayer rugs.The ancient region of Fars also spelled Pars, or Persis was the heart
Darius I the Great moved the capital to nearby Persepolis in the late 6th or early 5th century BC.The capital city of Shiraz is home to some
Increasingly, it draws more and more foreign and domestic sightseers flocking to this provincial capital which was the literary capital of