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FESTIVALS

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Author(s): Boyce, Mary | Sundermann, Werner | Betteridge, Anne H. | EIr. | Kreyenbroek, Philip G. | Et al.
This article discusses religious or communal festivals and commemorations, ancient and modern, of diverse communities in Persia and Afghanistan. A version of this article is available in printVolume IX, Fascicle 5, 6, pp. 542-564 FESTIVALS. This article treats mainly religious or communal festivals and commemorations in Persia and Afghanistan. For specific festivals and secular celebrations, see under individual entries.FESTIVALS i. ZOROASTRIANZoroastrian festivals fall into two broad categories. There are the seven feasts of obligation, that is, No Rōz (Nowrūz) and the six g…
Source: Encyclopaedia Iranica Online
Date: 2021-07-20