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Sacred Correspondences
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Maidyozarem Gahambar

Zoroastrian Festivals

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Maidyozarem is the mid-spring feast among the six gahambars, the seasonal festivals of the Zoroastrian calendar, each associated with one of the religion's seven bounteous creations and celebrated over five days with communal prayer and shared feasting. The gahambars are held in Zoroastrian communities today, both Parsi and Irani, as the tradition's primary seasonal liturgical cycle distinct from the New Year festival Nowruz.

Facts
Reckoning
Calendar System
Zoroastrian (Shahanshahi / Qadimi / Fasli) 1
Its own record names it one of the six gahambars of the Zoroastrian calendar, matching Hamaspathmaidyem Gahambar in this same fill.
Fixed or Movable
Fixed date in its own calendar 1
Observance
Observance Type
Feast / celebration 1
Observance Type
Seasonal turning point 1
Status
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 1
Cross-Tradition Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boyce

Related To

Sources
1. A History of Zoroastrianism
Mary Boyce, Brill, 1989on the gahambar cycleView the Source
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