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Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)

Longest night: pomegranates, watermelon, nuts and Hafez divination; UNESCO inscription 2022.

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Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh) · astronomical · winter solstice (about 21 December)

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Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)

Longest night: pomegranates, watermelon, nuts and Hafez divination; UNESCO inscription 2022.

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ܐܟܕܡܝܐ126 ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ، ܚܕ ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܦܬܝܚܐ ܠܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐܡܕܝܢܝܐ3 ܚܡܠ̈ܬܐ، 5 ܬܪܡܝ̈ܬܐܝܪܬܘܬܐ116 ܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ ܠܥܘܗܕܢܐ، 40 ܪܘܫܡ̈ܐ ܕܟܪܘܢܘܠܘܓܝܐܚܒܪ̈ܐ88 ܡܒܘܥ̈ܐ ܡܩܒܠ̈ܐ، ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܝܬ ܓܕܫ̈ܐ ܡܫܪܪ̈ܐܣܘܟ̈ܐܓܘ ܒܢܝܢܐ. ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܚܕ ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܡܩܒܠܐ
Kept byPersian-speaking communitiesAzerbaijani Turkic communitiesKurdish communitiesLur and Bakhtiari communitiesBaluch communitiesGilaki and Mazandarani communitiesZoroastrian communities

Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)

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astronomical
Date
winter solstice (about 21 December)
winter solstice (about 21 December)
ܬܪܝܢܝܐ
ܫܪܪ، ܐܘܣܦ ܡܒܘܥܐ ܝܢ ܡܘܕܥ
ܥܕܘܪ ܒܒܨܝܐ ܕܐܗܐ ܛܝܡܐ

ܡܐ ܟܗܘܐ ܒܬܪ ܗܕܐ. ܢܛܘܪܐ ܟܩܪܐ ܠܡܥܝܪܢܘܬܘܟ ܘܟܒܨܐ ܠܡܒܘܥܐ. ܦܐܬܐ ܟܫܚܠܦܐ ܒܣ ܒܬܪ ܗܕܐ. ܫܡܘܟ ܠܐ ܟܡܬܐܡܪ.

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The year

21 fixed-date days · this one in red
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Declaration of the Bábreligious
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