فال حافظ

Fâl-e Hâfez is widely practiced across religious and secular Iranians alike. It is taken seriously without being treated as fortune-telling in a mystical sense; the verse is seen as a mirror that reflects back the question. In Shiraz, professional fâl-readers sit near Hafez's tomb with caged canaries that pick a card from a stack of ghazals. Yalda night without a Hafez reading feels incomplete in many households.