{ "schema": "nexus.records/v1", "network": "Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council", "kind": "day", "label": "Day to keep", "schemaOrg": "Event", "built": "2026-11-10T00:01:34.855Z", "count": 116, "note": "Every value keeps its measure, year, source and label; unknown is shown as unknown and never as 0. Figures of different measures are never added.", "items": [ { "kind": "day", "id": "nowruz", "title": "Nowruz / نوروز", "summary": "New year of the Solar Hijri calendar: haft-sin table, spring cleaning, visits and gifts. UNESCO Representative List; UN International Day of Nowruz, 21 March.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/nowruz/", "date": "vernal equinox (about 20 to 21 March); 1 Farvardin", "tags": [ "festival", "astronomical", "all" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "vernal equinox (about 20 to 21 March); 1 Farvardin", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "all" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "chaharshanbe-suri", "title": "Chaharshanbe Suri / چهارشنبه‌سوری", "summary": "Jumping over bonfires to leave the year's ills behind.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/chaharshanbe-suri/", "date": "eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz", "tags": [ "festival", "variable", "persian", "azerbaijani", "kurdish", "lur", "baluch", "gilaki-mazandarani", "zoroastrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, azerbaijani, kurdish, lur, baluch, gilaki-mazandarani, zoroastrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "sizdah-bedar", "title": "Sizdah Bedar / سیزده‌بدر", "summary": "Picnics outdoors; knotted sabzeh is cast into running water.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/sizdah-bedar/", "date": "13 Farvardin (about 2 April)", "tags": [ "festival", "solar-hijri", "persian", "azerbaijani", "kurdish", "lur", "baluch", "gilaki-mazandarani" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "13 Farvardin (about 2 April)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, azerbaijani, kurdish, lur, baluch, gilaki-mazandarani" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "tirgan", "title": "Tirgan / تیرگان", "summary": "Water festival; its organisers describe the Toronto Tirgan festival as the largest Iranian cultural festival outside Iran.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/tirgan/", "date": "13 Tir (about 3 to 4 July)", "tags": [ "festival", "solar-hijri", "persian", "zoroastrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "13 Tir (about 3 to 4 July)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, zoroastrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "mehregan", "title": "Mehregan / مهرگان", "summary": "Autumn festival of friendship, of Zoroastrian origin.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/mehregan/", "date": "16 Mehr (about 8 October)", "tags": [ "festival", "solar-hijri", "persian", "zoroastrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "16 Mehr (about 8 October)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, zoroastrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "yalda", "title": "Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh) / شب یلدا", "summary": "Longest night: pomegranates, watermelon, nuts and Hafez divination; UNESCO inscription 2022.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/yalda/", "date": "winter solstice (about 21 December)", "tags": [ "festival", "astronomical", "persian", "azerbaijani", "kurdish", "lur", "baluch", "gilaki-mazandarani", "zoroastrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "winter solstice (about 21 December)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, azerbaijani, kurdish, lur, baluch, gilaki-mazandarani, zoroastrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "sadeh", "title": "Sadeh / سده", "summary": "Midwinter fire festival of Zoroastrian origin.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/sadeh/", "date": "10 Bahman (about 30 January)", "tags": [ "festival", "solar-hijri", "persian", "zoroastrian", "kurdish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "10 Bahman (about 30 January)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, zoroastrian, kurdish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "ramadan-eid", "title": "Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr / عید فطر", "summary": "End of the fast of Ramadan.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/ramadan-eid/", "date": "1 Shawwal", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "sunni", "shia", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "1 Shawwal", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sunni, shia, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "ashura", "title": "Muharram and Ashura / عاشورا", "summary": "Mourning of Imam Hussein; ta'zieh passion plays (UNESCO).", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/ashura/", "date": "10 Muharram", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "10 Muharram", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-ridvan", "title": "Ridvan / رضوان", "summary": "Baha'i festival commemorating Baha'u'llah's declaration in Baghdad, 1863.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-ridvan/", "date": "Twelve days from 13 Jalál (April and May)", "tags": [ "religious", "astronomical", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Twelve days from 13 Jalál (April and May)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "ps752-remembrance", "title": "PS752 remembrance / یادبود پرواز ۷۵۲", "summary": "Remembrance of the 176 people killed on Flight PS752, 8 January 2020.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/ps752-remembrance/", "date": "01-08", "tags": [ "remembrance", "gregorian", "all" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "remembrance" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "01-08", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "all" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "jina-amini", "title": "Woman, Life, Freedom anniversary / زن، زندگی، آزادی", "summary": "Anniversary of the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini, 16 September 2022.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/jina-amini/", "date": "09-16", "tags": [ "remembrance", "gregorian", "all" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "remembrance" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "09-16", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "all" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "eid-al-adha", "title": "Eid al-Adha (Eid-e Qorban) / عید قربان", "summary": "Feast of the Sacrifice at the close of the Hajj.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/eid-al-adha/", "date": "10 Dhu al-Hijjah", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "sunni", "shia", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "10 Dhu al-Hijjah", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sunni, shia, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "newroz-kurdish", "title": "Newroz (Kurdish new year) / نەورۆز", "summary": "Kurdish communities mark Newroz on 21 March with fires, festive dress and gatherings, and retell the story of Kawa and the tyrant Zahhak. It falls with Nowruz and has its own customs and name.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/newroz-kurdish/", "date": "03-21", "tags": [ "festival", "gregorian", "kurdish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "03-21", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "kurdish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "spendarmazgan", "title": "Sepandarmazgan / سپندارمذگان", "summary": "A festival of the earth and of women in the Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian calendar, on the day Spendarmad of the month Spendarmad. Some families mark it today with gifts to mothers and wives.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/spendarmazgan/", "date": "5 Esfand, Solar Hijri (February)", "tags": [ "festival", "solar-hijri", "persian", "zoroastrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "5 Esfand, Solar Hijri (February)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, zoroastrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahmanagan", "title": "Bahmanagan / بهمنگان", "summary": "A Zoroastrian feast of the day Bahman in the month Bahman, tied to the amesha spenta of good thought and to the care of animals. Families share vegetarian food.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahmanagan/", "date": "2 Bahman, Solar Hijri (January)", "tags": [ "festival", "solar-hijri", "persian", "zoroastrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "2 Bahman, Solar Hijri (January)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, zoroastrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "attar-day", "title": "Attar Day / روز عطار", "summary": "Iran's national calendar honours the poet Attar of Nishapur on 25 Farvardin. His Conference of the Birds is a classic of Persian Sufi poetry.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/attar-day/", "date": "25 Farvardin, Solar Hijri (April)", "tags": [ "cultural", "solar-hijri", "persian", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "25 Farvardin, Solar Hijri (April)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "saadi-day", "title": "Saadi Day / روز سعدی", "summary": "Iran's national calendar honours the poet Saadi of Shiraz on 1 Ordibehesht. His Gulistan and Bustan are read across the Persian-speaking world.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/saadi-day/", "date": "1 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (April)", "tags": [ "cultural", "solar-hijri", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "1 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (April)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "ferdowsi-day", "title": "Ferdowsi Day / روز فردوسی", "summary": "Iran's national calendar honours Ferdowsi, author of the Shahnameh, on 25 Ordibehesht. Poetry readings and Shahnameh recitals mark the day in Iran and abroad.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/ferdowsi-day/", "date": "25 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (May)", "tags": [ "cultural", "solar-hijri", "persian", "kurdish", "azerbaijani" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "25 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (May)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, kurdish, azerbaijani" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "khayyam-day", "title": "Khayyam Day / روز خیام", "summary": "Iran's national calendar honours Omar Khayyam, poet, mathematician and astronomer, on 28 Ordibehesht.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/khayyam-day/", "date": "28 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (May)", "tags": [ "cultural", "solar-hijri", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "28 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (May)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "hafez-day", "title": "Hafez Day / روز حافظ", "summary": "Iran's national calendar honours the poet Hafez of Shiraz on 20 Mehr. Many families read his ghazals on this day and on Yalda.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/hafez-day/", "date": "20 Mehr, Solar Hijri (October)", "tags": [ "cultural", "solar-hijri", "persian", "kurdish", "azerbaijani" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "20 Mehr, Solar Hijri (October)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, kurdish, azerbaijani" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "rumi-birthday", "title": "Rumi’s birthday / زادروز مولانا", "summary": "Rumi was born on 30 September 1207, in Balkh by most accounts. Readers of his Masnavi and Divan in Persian, Turkish and many other languages mark the day.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/rumi-birthday/", "date": "09-30", "tags": [ "cultural", "gregorian", "persian", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "09-30", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "avicenna-day", "title": "Avicenna Day / روز ابن سینا", "summary": "Iran's national calendar honours the physician and philosopher Avicenna (Ibn Sina) on 1 Shahrivar. It is also marked as a day of physicians.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/avicenna-day/", "date": "1 Shahrivar, Solar Hijri (August)", "tags": [ "cultural", "solar-hijri", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "1 Shahrivar, Solar Hijri (August)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "razi-day", "title": "Razi Day / روز رازی", "summary": "Iran's national calendar honours the physician and chemist Abu Bakr al-Razi on 5 Shahrivar. It is also marked as a day of pharmacists.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/razi-day/", "date": "5 Shahrivar, Solar Hijri (August)", "tags": [ "cultural", "solar-hijri", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "5 Shahrivar, Solar Hijri (August)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "constitutional-revolution", "title": "Constitutional Revolution, decree of 5 August 1906 / فرمان مشروطه", "summary": "On 5 August 1906 Mozaffar al-Din Shah signed the decree that began Iran's constitutional era and its first parliament. People of many views study it as the start of parliamentary politics in Iran.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/constitutional-revolution/", "date": "08-05", "tags": [ "historical", "gregorian", "persian", "azerbaijani", "kurdish", "lur", "baluch", "gilaki-mazandarani" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "historical" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "08-05", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian, azerbaijani, kurdish, lur, baluch, gilaki-mazandarani" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "cyrus-commemoration", "title": "Cyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder / بزرگداشت کوروش", "summary": "Many Iranians abroad mark 29 October as a day to remember Cyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder. The date follows modern custom. It is not an official holiday, and no record dates the day.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/cyrus-commemoration/", "date": "10-29", "tags": [ "historical", "gregorian", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "historical" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "10-29", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bam-earthquake", "title": "Bam earthquake remembrance / یادبود زلزله بم", "summary": "On 26 December 2003 an earthquake destroyed much of the city of Bam in Kerman province and killed tens of thousands of people. Iranians at home and abroad remember the victims.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bam-earthquake/", "date": "12-26", "tags": [ "remembrance", "gregorian", "all" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "remembrance" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "12-26", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "all" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "halabja-remembrance", "title": "Halabja remembrance / یادی هەڵەبجە", "summary": "On 16 March 1988 chemical weapons killed thousands of civilians in the town of Halabja in Iraq. Kurdish communities and others remember the victims each year.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/halabja-remembrance/", "date": "03-16", "tags": [ "remembrance", "gregorian", "kurdish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "remembrance" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "03-16", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "kurdish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "kurdish-journalism-day", "title": "Kurdish Journalism Day / ڕۆژی ڕۆژنامەگەری کوردی", "summary": "Kurdish communities mark 22 April, the day in 1898 when the first issue of the newspaper Kurdistan appeared in Cairo.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/kurdish-journalism-day/", "date": "04-22", "tags": [ "cultural", "gregorian", "kurdish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "04-22", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "kurdish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "kurdish-language-day", "title": "Kurdish Language Day / ڕۆژی زمانی کوردی", "summary": "Kurdish communities mark 15 May as a day of the Kurdish language, with readings, classes and publications in Kurmanji, Sorani and other varieties.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/kurdish-language-day/", "date": "05-15", "tags": [ "cultural", "gregorian", "kurdish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "05-15", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "kurdish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "islamic-new-year", "title": "Islamic New Year / آغاز سال هجری قمری", "summary": "The first day of Muharram opens the Lunar Hijri year. Sunni and Shia communities mark it with prayer and reflection.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/islamic-new-year/", "date": "1 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "sunni", "shia", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "1 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sunni, shia, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "tasua", "title": "Tasua / تاسوعا", "summary": "The ninth of Muharram, the eve of Ashura, when Shia communities remember Abbas ibn Ali and the companions of Husayn at Karbala.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/tasua/", "date": "9 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "9 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "arbaeen", "title": "Arbaeen / اربعین", "summary": "The fortieth day after Ashura. Shia communities remember Husayn ibn Ali, and many walk to Karbala in Iraq.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/arbaeen/", "date": "20 Safar, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "20 Safar, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "mawlid-sunni", "title": "Mawlid (12 Rabi al-Awwal) / میلاد پیامبر (۱۲ ربیع‌الاول)", "summary": "Sunni communities mark the birth of the Prophet Muhammad on 12 Rabi al-Awwal with readings, poems and gatherings.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/mawlid-sunni/", "date": "12 Rabi al-Awwal, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "sunni", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "12 Rabi al-Awwal, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sunni, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "mawlid-shia", "title": "Mawlid (17 Rabi al-Awwal) / میلاد پیامبر (۱۷ ربیع‌الاول)", "summary": "Shia communities mark the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, and of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, on 17 Rabi al-Awwal. Iran calls the days from 12 to 17 Unity Week.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/mawlid-shia/", "date": "17 Rabi al-Awwal, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "17 Rabi al-Awwal, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "fatima-birth", "title": "Birth of Fatima / ولادت حضرت فاطمه", "summary": "Shia communities mark the birth of Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, on 20 Jumada al-Thani. Iran also keeps the day as a day of women and mothers.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/fatima-birth/", "date": "20 Jumada al-Thani, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "20 Jumada al-Thani, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "imam-ali-birth", "title": "Birth of Imam Ali / ولادت امام علی", "summary": "Shia and many Sufi communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Abi Talib on 13 Rajab.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/imam-ali-birth/", "date": "13 Rajab, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "13 Rajab, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "mabath", "title": "Isra and Mi’raj, and the Mab’ath / معراج و مبعث", "summary": "Many Muslims remember the Prophet's night journey and ascent on 27 Rajab. Shia communities also mark the Mab'ath, the first revelation, on this day.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/mabath/", "date": "27 Rajab, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "sunni", "shia", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "27 Rajab, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sunni, shia, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "mid-shaban", "title": "Mid-Shaban / نیمه شعبان", "summary": "Sunni communities keep a night of prayer on 15 Shaban. Shia communities mark the birth of Imam al-Mahdi on this day.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/mid-shaban/", "date": "15 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "sunni", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "15 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sunni, shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "ramadan-start", "title": "First day of Ramadan / آغاز ماه رمضان", "summary": "The month of fasting begins. The day is set by sighting of the moon in many places, so local dates can differ by a day.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/ramadan-start/", "date": "1 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "sunni", "shia", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "1 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sunni, shia, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "imam-ali-martyrdom", "title": "Martyrdom of Imam Ali / شهادت امام علی", "summary": "Shia communities mourn Ali ibn Abi Talib on 21 Ramadan.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/imam-ali-martyrdom/", "date": "21 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "21 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "laylat-qadr-shia", "title": "Laylat al-Qadr (23 Ramadan, Shia) / شب قدر", "summary": "Shia communities keep vigil on the nights of 19, 21 and 23 Ramadan. The night of 23 Ramadan is the one most often named as the Night of Power.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/laylat-qadr-shia/", "date": "23 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "23 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "laylat-qadr-sunni", "title": "Laylat al-Qadr (27 Ramadan, Sunni) / لیلة القدر", "summary": "Many Sunni communities keep vigil on the night of 27 Ramadan, the night they most often name as the Night of Power.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/laylat-qadr-sunni/", "date": "27 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "sunni", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "27 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sunni, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "imam-reza-birth", "title": "Birth of Imam Reza / ولادت امام رضا", "summary": "Shia communities mark the birth of Ali al-Ridha, the eighth imam, on 11 Dhu al-Qadah. Pilgrims visit his shrine in Mashhad.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/imam-reza-birth/", "date": "11 Dhu al-Qadah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "11 Dhu al-Qadah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "arafah", "title": "Day of Arafah / روز عرفه", "summary": "The ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah, when pilgrims stand at Arafat. Many Muslims fast and pray at home.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/arafah/", "date": "9 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "sunni", "shia", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "9 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sunni, shia, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "eid-ghadir", "title": "Eid al-Ghadir / عید غدیر خم", "summary": "Shia communities mark the day of Ghadir Khumm, when they hold that Muhammad named Ali as his successor. Sunni communities do not share this reading.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/eid-ghadir/", "date": "18 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "18 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "seb-i-arus", "title": "Seb-i Arus (Rumi's wedding night) / شب عروس", "summary": "Mevlevi Sufis mark the death of Rumi on 17 December 1273 as a wedding night, a union with God. Sema ceremonies take place in Konya and in many cities abroad.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/seb-i-arus/", "date": "12-17", "tags": [ "religious", "gregorian", "sufi", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "12-17", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sufi, persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "rosh-hashanah", "title": "Rosh Hashanah / ראש השנה", "summary": "The Jewish new year, on 1 and 2 Tishri. Iranian Jewish families mark it with prayer and a table of symbolic foods.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/rosh-hashanah/", "date": "1 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "1 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "yom-kippur", "title": "Yom Kippur / יום כיפור", "summary": "The day of atonement, on 10 Tishri, kept with fasting and prayer.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/yom-kippur/", "date": "10 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "10 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "sukkot", "title": "Sukkot / סוכות", "summary": "A seven-day festival that begins on 15 Tishri. Families eat in a sukkah, a temporary hut.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/sukkot/", "date": "15 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "15 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "simchat-torah", "title": "Simchat Torah / שמחת תורה", "summary": "The day on which the yearly reading of the Torah ends and begins again, on 23 Tishri outside Israel.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/simchat-torah/", "date": "23 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (October)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "23 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (October)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "hanukkah", "title": "Hanukkah / חנוכה", "summary": "An eight-day festival of lights that begins on 25 Kislev.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/hanukkah/", "date": "25 Kislev, Hebrew calendar (December)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "25 Kislev, Hebrew calendar (December)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "tu-bishvat", "title": "Tu BiShvat / ט״ו בשבט", "summary": "The new year of the trees, on 15 Shevat, marked with fruit and planting.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/tu-bishvat/", "date": "15 Shevat, Hebrew calendar (January to February)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "15 Shevat, Hebrew calendar (January to February)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "purim", "title": "Purim / פורים", "summary": "A festival that retells the story of Esther in Persia, on 14 Adar (Adar II in a leap year). Many Iranian Jews also remember Esther and Mordechai, whose traditional tomb is in Hamadan.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/purim/", "date": "14 Adar, Hebrew calendar (March)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "14 Adar, Hebrew calendar (March)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "pesach", "title": "Passover (Pesach) / פסח", "summary": "An eight-day festival of freedom that begins on 15 Nisan outside Israel. The Seder is held on the first evening.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/pesach/", "date": "15 Nisan, Hebrew calendar (March to April)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "15 Nisan, Hebrew calendar (March to April)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "shavuot", "title": "Shavuot / שבועות", "summary": "A festival of the giving of the Torah, on 6 and 7 Sivan outside Israel.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/shavuot/", "date": "6 Sivan, Hebrew calendar (May to June)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "6 Sivan, Hebrew calendar (May to June)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "tisha-bav", "title": "Tisha B’Av / תשעה באב", "summary": "A day of fasting and mourning, on 9 Av, for the destruction of the Temples.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/tisha-bav/", "date": "9 Av, Hebrew calendar (July to August)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "9 Av, Hebrew calendar (July to August)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-nawruz", "title": "Naw-Rúz (Bahá’í new year) / نوروز بهائی", "summary": "The Bahá'í new year falls on the day of the March equinox, counted from sunset in Tehran. Bahá'ís keep it as a holy day.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-nawruz/", "date": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (March)", "tags": [ "religious", "astronomical", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (March)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-ridvan-ninth", "title": "Ninth day of Ridván / نهم رضوان", "summary": "A holy day on the ninth day of Ridván.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-ridvan-ninth/", "date": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (April)", "tags": [ "religious", "astronomical", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (April)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-ridvan-twelfth", "title": "Twelfth day of Ridván / دوازدهم رضوان", "summary": "A holy day on the twelfth and last day of Ridván.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-ridvan-twelfth/", "date": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May)", "tags": [ "religious", "astronomical", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-declaration-bab", "title": "Declaration of the Báb / اعلان حضرت باب", "summary": "Bahá'ís mark the Báb's declaration in Shiraz in 1844 as a holy day.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-declaration-bab/", "date": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May)", "tags": [ "religious", "astronomical", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-ascension-bahaullah", "title": "Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh / صعود حضرت بهاءالله", "summary": "Bahá'ís mark the passing of Bahá'u'lláh in 1892 as a holy day.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-ascension-bahaullah/", "date": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May)", "tags": [ "religious", "astronomical", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-martyrdom-bab", "title": "Martyrdom of the Báb / شهادت حضرت باب", "summary": "Bahá'ís mark the execution of the Báb in Tabriz in 1850 as a holy day.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-martyrdom-bab/", "date": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (July)", "tags": [ "religious", "astronomical", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (July)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-birth-bab", "title": "Birth of the Báb / ولادت حضرت باب", "summary": "Bahá'ís mark the birth of the Báb in Shiraz in 1819 as a holy day, on the first day after the eighth new moon after Naw-Rúz.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-birth-bab/", "date": "Set each year (October or November)", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Set each year (October or November)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-birth-bahaullah", "title": "Birth of Bahá’u’lláh / ولادت حضرت بهاءالله", "summary": "Bahá'ís mark the birth of Bahá'u'lláh in Tehran in 1817 as a holy day, on the second day after the eighth new moon after Naw-Rúz.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-birth-bahaullah/", "date": "Set each year (October or November)", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Set each year (October or November)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-day-of-covenant", "title": "Day of the Covenant / روز میثاق", "summary": "Bahá'ís mark the covenant Bahá'u'lláh made with ʻAbdu'l-Bahá. It is a significant date and not a day of rest.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-day-of-covenant/", "date": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (November)", "tags": [ "religious", "astronomical", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (November)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-ascension-abdul-baha", "title": "Ascension of ʻAbdu’l-Bahá / صعود حضرت عبدالبهاء", "summary": "Bahá'ís mark the passing of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in 1921. It is a significant date and not a day of rest.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-ascension-abdul-baha/", "date": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (November)", "tags": [ "religious", "astronomical", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (November)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bahai-fast", "title": "Bahá’í Fast / ایام صیام", "summary": "Nineteen days of fasting from sunrise to sunset in the month of ʻAláʼ, ending at Naw-Rúz.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bahai-fast/", "date": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (March)", "tags": [ "religious", "astronomical", "bahai" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "astronomical" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (March)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "bahai" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "armenian-christmas", "title": "Armenian Christmas and Theophany / Սուրբ Ծնունդ", "summary": "The Armenian Apostolic Church keeps the Nativity and Theophany together on 6 January. Armenian families in Iran and abroad mark it with a church service and a meal.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/armenian-christmas/", "date": "01-06", "tags": [ "religious", "gregorian", "armenian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "01-06", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "armenian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "easter-western", "title": "Easter / Ղարի Զատիկ", "summary": "Armenian Apostolic and Assyrian churches keep Easter on the date of the Western (Gregorian) computus.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/easter-western/", "date": "Western Easter Sunday (March to April)", "tags": [ "religious", "easter", "armenian", "assyrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "easter" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Western Easter Sunday (March to April)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "armenian, assyrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "vardavar", "title": "Vardavar / Վարդավառ", "summary": "The Armenian feast of the Transfiguration, fourteen weeks after Easter. People throw water on each other in the street.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/vardavar/", "date": "98 days after Western Easter (July)", "tags": [ "religious", "easter", "armenian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "easter" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "98 days after Western Easter (July)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "armenian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "kha-b-nisan", "title": "Kha b-Nisan (Assyrian new year) / ܪܝܫܐ ܕܫܢܬܐ", "summary": "Assyrian communities mark the new year on 1 April with processions, music and dress. It echoes the ancient Akitu festival.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/kha-b-nisan/", "date": "04-01", "tags": [ "festival", "gregorian", "assyrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "04-01", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "assyrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "christmas-assyrian", "title": "Christmas (Assyrian and Chaldean churches)", "summary": "Assyrian and Chaldean Christians keep Christmas on 25 December with a service and a family meal.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/christmas-assyrian/", "date": "12-25", "tags": [ "religious", "gregorian", "assyrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "12-25", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "assyrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "dehwa-rabba", "title": "Dehwa Rabba (Mandaean new year)", "summary": "The Mandaean new year, kept with baptism and prayer. The priesthood sets the date each year.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/dehwa-rabba/", "date": "Set each year by the priesthood", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "mandaean" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Set each year by the priesthood", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "mandaean" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "parwanaya", "title": "Parwanaya (Panja)", "summary": "A five-day festival of Mandaeans before the new year, kept with baptisms and prayers for the dead. The priesthood sets the date each year.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/parwanaya/", "date": "Set each year by the priesthood", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "mandaean" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Set each year by the priesthood", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "mandaean" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "dehwa-hanina", "title": "Dehwa Hanina", "summary": "A Mandaean festival of the ancient river Jordan and of baptism. The priesthood sets the date each year.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/dehwa-hanina/", "date": "Set each year by the priesthood", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "mandaean" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Set each year by the priesthood", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "mandaean" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "khordad-sal", "title": "Khordad Sal / خرداد سال", "summary": "Zoroastrians in Iran keep the birth of Zarathustra on 6 Khordad. Other Zoroastrian groups follow other calendars and keep other dates.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/khordad-sal/", "date": "6 Khordad, Solar Hijri (late May or early June)", "tags": [ "religious", "solar-hijri", "zoroastrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "6 Khordad, Solar Hijri (late May or early June)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "zoroastrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "zartosht-no-diso", "title": "Zartosht no-Diso / زرتشت نو دیسو / درگذشت زرتشت", "summary": "Zoroastrians remember the death of Zarathustra with prayers and a gathering. The date depends on which Zoroastrian calendar a community follows.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/zartosht-no-diso/", "date": "Set by the community (winter); the calendars differ", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "zoroastrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Set by the community (winter); the calendars differ", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "zoroastrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "gahanbars", "title": "Gahanbar (six seasonal feasts) / گاهنبار", "summary": "Zoroastrians keep six seasonal feasts of thanksgiving across the year, with prayers and a shared meal. Dates depend on the calendar a community follows.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/gahanbars/", "date": "Six feasts of five days each, set by the community", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "zoroastrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Six feasts of five days each, set by the community", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "zoroastrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "frawardigan", "title": "Frawardigan (remembrance of the departed) / فروردگان", "summary": "Zoroastrians remember the departed and the fravashis, the guardian spirits, in the last days of the year. Families visit graves and set out fruit and flowers.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/frawardigan/", "date": "The last days of the year, set by the community", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "zoroastrian", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "The last days of the year, set by the community", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "zoroastrian, persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "abanagan", "title": "Abanagan / آبانگان", "summary": "A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of water, kept on the day Aban of the month Aban. Some families mark it by a stream or a well.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/abanagan/", "date": "10 Aban, Solar Hijri (late October to early November)", "tags": [ "festival", "solar-hijri", "zoroastrian", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "10 Aban, Solar Hijri (late October to early November)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "zoroastrian, persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "azargan", "title": "Azargan / آذرگان", "summary": "A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of fire, kept on the day Azar of the month Azar.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/azargan/", "date": "9 Azar, Solar Hijri (late November to early December)", "tags": [ "festival", "solar-hijri", "zoroastrian", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "9 Azar, Solar Hijri (late November to early December)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "zoroastrian, persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "mordadgan", "title": "Mordadgan / مردادگان", "summary": "A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of Amurdad, the spirit of immortality and plants, kept on the day Mordad of the month Mordad.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/mordadgan/", "date": "7 Mordad, Solar Hijri (late July to early August)", "tags": [ "festival", "solar-hijri", "zoroastrian", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "7 Mordad, Solar Hijri (late July to early August)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "zoroastrian, persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "tirma-sizdah-shab", "title": "Tirma Sizdah Shab / تیرما سیزده‌شب", "summary": "A summer festival of Mazandaran and Gilan, kept on the night of 13 Tir with water, fire, games and storytelling. It falls with Tirgan.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/tirma-sizdah-shab/", "date": "The night of 13 Tir, Solar Hijri (early July)", "tags": [ "festival", "solar-hijri", "gilaki-mazandarani" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "festival" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "solar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "The night of 13 Tir, Solar Hijri (early July)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "gilaki-mazandarani" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "armenian-palm-sunday", "title": "Palm Sunday / Ծաղկազարդ", "summary": "The Armenian Apostolic Church keeps Palm Sunday, Tsaghkazard, a week before Easter, with a procession and blessed willow and olive branches.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/armenian-palm-sunday/", "date": "The Sunday before Easter (Western computus)", "tags": [ "religious", "easter", "armenian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "easter" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "The Sunday before Easter (Western computus)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "armenian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "armenian-ascension", "title": "Ascension / Համբարձում", "summary": "The Armenian feast of the Ascension, Hampartsoum, falls on the fortieth day of Easter. Young people tell fortunes from flowers and water.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/armenian-ascension/", "date": "39 days after Western Easter (a Thursday)", "tags": [ "religious", "easter", "armenian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "easter" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "39 days after Western Easter (a Thursday)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "armenian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "armenian-pentecost", "title": "Pentecost / Հոգեգալուստ", "summary": "The Armenian feast of Pentecost, Hogegaloust, seven weeks after Easter. Vardavar follows seven weeks later.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/armenian-pentecost/", "date": "49 days after Western Easter (a Sunday)", "tags": [ "religious", "easter", "armenian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "easter" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "49 days after Western Easter (a Sunday)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "armenian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "vartanants", "title": "Feast of Vartanants / Վարդանանց տոն", "summary": "Armenians honour Vardan Mamikonian and the martyrs of the Battle of Avarayr in 451 against the Sasanian king. It is also a day of Armenian identity and faith in Iran.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/vartanants/", "date": "A Thursday before Great Lent, set by the church (February)", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "armenian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "A Thursday before Great Lent, set by the church (February)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "armenian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "armenian-assumption", "title": "Assumption and blessing of grapes / Աստվածածնի Վերափոխում", "summary": "The Armenian Church keeps the Assumption of Mary with the blessing of grapes. Grapes are not eaten before the blessing.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/armenian-assumption/", "date": "The Sunday nearest 15 August, set by the church", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "armenian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "The Sunday nearest 15 August, set by the church", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "armenian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "armenian-holy-cross", "title": "Exaltation of the Holy Cross / Խաչվերաց", "summary": "The Armenian Church keeps the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Khachverats, with a blessing of the four corners of the world.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/armenian-holy-cross/", "date": "The Sunday nearest 14 September, set by the church", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "armenian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "The Sunday nearest 14 September, set by the church", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "armenian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "assyrian-ninevites-fast", "title": "Rogation of the Ninevites / ܒܥܘܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܝܐ", "summary": "Assyrian and Chaldean Christians keep a three-day fast in memory of the repentance of Nineveh.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/assyrian-ninevites-fast/", "date": "Three days before Great Lent, set by the church", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "assyrian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Three days before Great Lent, set by the church", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "assyrian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "ashura-sunni", "title": "Ashura fast (Sunni) / روزه عاشورا", "summary": "Sunni Muslims fast on 10 Muharram, the day Moses is held to have been saved. Shia communities keep the same day as the martyrdom of Hussein.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/ashura-sunni/", "date": "10 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "sunni", "sufi" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "10 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "sunni, sufi" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "imam-hussein-birth", "title": "Birth of Imam Hussein / ولادت امام حسین", "summary": "Shia communities mark the birth of Hussein ibn Ali.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/imam-hussein-birth/", "date": "3 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "3 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "abbas-birth", "title": "Birth of Abbas ibn Ali / ولادت حضرت ابوالفضل العباس", "summary": "Shia communities mark the birth of Abbas ibn Ali, half-brother of Hussein and bearer of his standard at Karbala.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/abbas-birth/", "date": "4 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "4 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "sajjad-birth", "title": "Birth of Imam Zayn al-Abidin / ولادت امام سجاد", "summary": "Shia communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Hussein Zayn al-Abidin, the fourth Imam.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/sajjad-birth/", "date": "5 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "5 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "imam-hasan-birth", "title": "Birth of Imam Hasan / ولادت امام حسن مجتبی", "summary": "Shia communities mark the birth of Hasan ibn Ali, the second Imam, in the month of fasting.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/imam-hasan-birth/", "date": "15 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "15 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "safar-28", "title": "Death of the Prophet and martyrdom of Imam Hasan (28 Safar) / رحلت پیامبر و شهادت امام حسن", "summary": "Shia communities remember the death of Muhammad and the death of Hasan ibn Ali on 28 Safar. Sunni communities place the death of Muhammad on 12 Rabi al-Awwal.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/safar-28/", "date": "28 Safar, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "28 Safar, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "eid-mubahala", "title": "Eid al-Mubahala / عید مباهله", "summary": "Shia communities mark the Mubahala, the meeting of Muhammad with a Christian delegation from Najran, as a day of the Prophet's household. Sunni communities do not keep it as a festival.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/eid-mubahala/", "date": "24 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "tags": [ "religious", "lunar-hijri", "shia" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "lunar-hijri" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "24 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "shia" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "fast-of-esther", "title": "Fast of Esther / תענית אסתר", "summary": "Jews fast before Purim in memory of the fast of Esther and her people. Iranian Jews also honour the tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/fast-of-esther/", "date": "13 Adar, Hebrew calendar (February to March)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "13 Adar, Hebrew calendar (February to March)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "lag-baomer", "title": "Lag BaOmer / ל״ג בעומר", "summary": "A day of bonfires, outings and weddings in the counting of the Omer between Passover and Shavuot.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/lag-baomer/", "date": "18 Iyar, Hebrew calendar (April to May)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "18 Iyar, Hebrew calendar (April to May)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "seventeenth-of-tammuz", "title": "Seventeenth of Tammuz / שבעה עשר בתמוז", "summary": "A fast day that begins the three weeks before Tisha B'Av.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/seventeenth-of-tammuz/", "date": "17 Tammuz, Hebrew calendar (June to July)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "17 Tammuz, Hebrew calendar (June to July)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "fast-of-gedaliah", "title": "Fast of Gedaliah / צום גדליה", "summary": "A fast day after Rosh Hashanah in memory of Gedaliah, the governor killed after the fall of Jerusalem.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/fast-of-gedaliah/", "date": "3 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)", "tags": [ "religious", "hebrew", "jewish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "hebrew" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "3 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "jewish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "forough-remembrance", "title": "Forough Farrokhzad remembrance / یادبود فروغ فرخزاد", "summary": "Readers remember the poet Forough Farrokhzad, who died on 13 February 1967, with readings of Tavallodi digar and Iman biyavarim be aghaz-e fasl-e sard.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/forough-remembrance/", "date": "02-13", "tags": [ "cultural", "gregorian", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "02-13", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "hedayat-remembrance", "title": "Sadegh Hedayat remembrance / یادبود صادق هدایت", "summary": "Readers remember Sadegh Hedayat, author of The Blind Owl, who died in Paris on 9 April 1951.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/hedayat-remembrance/", "date": "04-09", "tags": [ "cultural", "gregorian", "persian" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "04-09", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "persian" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "sardasht-remembrance", "title": "Sardasht chemical attack remembrance / یادبود بمباران شیمیایی سردشت", "summary": "On 28 June 1987 Iraqi aircraft bombed the Kurdish town of Sardasht in Iran with chemical weapons. Survivors and families remember the victims every year.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/sardasht-remembrance/", "date": "06-28", "tags": [ "remembrance", "gregorian", "kurdish", "all" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "remembrance" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "06-28", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "kurdish, all" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "iran-air-655", "title": "Iran Air Flight 655 remembrance / یادبود پرواز ۶۵۵ ایران‌ایر", "summary": "On 3 July 1988 a United States Navy warship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Gulf, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governments describe the cause differently, and the International Court of Justice case ended in a settlement in 1996.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/iran-air-655/", "date": "07-03", "tags": [ "remembrance", "gregorian", "all" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "remembrance" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "07-03", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "all" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "manjil-rudbar-earthquake", "title": "Manjil-Rudbar earthquake remembrance / یادبود زلزله رودبار و منجیل", "summary": "A large earthquake struck Gilan and Zanjan on 21 June 1990. Survivors and families remember the victims, many of them Gilaki and Talysh speakers.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/manjil-rudbar-earthquake/", "date": "06-21", "tags": [ "remembrance", "gregorian", "gilaki-mazandarani", "all" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "remembrance" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "06-21", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "gilaki-mazandarani, all" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "kermanshah-earthquake", "title": "Kermanshah earthquake remembrance / یادبود زمین‌لرزه کرمانشاه", "summary": "A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Iran and Iraq border region on 12 November 2017. Most of the damage in Iran was in Kermanshah province, around Sarpol-e Zahab. Families and relief groups remember the victims.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/kermanshah-earthquake/", "date": "11-12", "tags": [ "remembrance", "gregorian", "kurdish", "lur", "all" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "remembrance" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "11-12", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "kurdish, lur, all" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "dehwa-daimana", "title": "Dehwa Daimana", "summary": "A Mandaean festival on the first day of the month Hitia, the birthday of John the Baptist in Mandaean tradition. Children are baptised for the first time.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/dehwa-daimana/", "date": "Set each year by the priesthood (about May to June)", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "mandaean" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Set each year by the priesthood (about May to June)", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "mandaean" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "eid-elkabeer", "title": "Eid Elkabeer (Mandaean great feast)", "summary": "A four-day Mandaean feast that begins on the third day of the new year, with prayers, baptism and shared meals.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/eid-elkabeer/", "date": "From the third day of the Mandaean new year, four days", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "mandaean" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "From the third day of the Mandaean new year, four days", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "mandaean" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "nauruz-zota", "title": "Nauruz Zota (Mandaean little new year)", "summary": "The Mandaean little new year, six days after the new year, named Nauruz Zota.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/nauruz-zota/", "date": "The sixth day of the Mandaean new year", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "mandaean" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "The sixth day of the Mandaean new year", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "mandaean" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "dehwa-sislam-rba", "title": "Dehwa d-Sislam Rba", "summary": "A Mandaean feast on the sixth and seventh days of the new year. The night between them is called the night of power.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/dehwa-sislam-rba/", "date": "The sixth and seventh days of the Mandaean new year", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "mandaean" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "The sixth and seventh days of the Mandaean new year", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "mandaean" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "bakhtiari-kuch", "title": "Bakhtiari seasonal migration (kuch)", "summary": "Bakhtiari herding families move between winter pastures in the Khuzestan foothills and summer pastures in the Zagros. Fewer families make the full migration now.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/bakhtiari-kuch/", "date": "Spring and autumn, set by pasture and weather", "tags": [ "cultural", "variable", "lur" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Spring and autumn, set by pasture and weather", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "lur" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "pir-shaliyar", "title": "Pir Shaliyar festival (Yarsan)", "summary": "Yarsan communities of Hawraman gather for the Pir Shaliyar festival in winter, with sacred music and communal meals.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/pir-shaliyar/", "date": "Winter, the sources differ", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "yarsan", "kurdish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Winter, the sources differ", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "yarsan, kurdish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "khavankar-feast", "title": "Khavankar feast (Yarsan)", "summary": "Yarsan communities keep the feast of Khavankar, the Lord, with three days of gathering in autumn.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/khavankar-feast/", "date": "Mid-autumn, three days; announced by the community", "tags": [ "religious", "variable", "yarsan", "kurdish" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "religious" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "variable" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "Mid-autumn, three days; announced by the community", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "yarsan, kurdish" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] }, { "kind": "day", "id": "baloch-culture-day", "title": "Baloch Culture Day", "summary": "Baloch communities mark their culture on 2 March with traditional dress, music and dance. Reports place it in Pakistani Balochistan and in diaspora communities, and one adds Iran; no source specific to Iran was found.", "url": "https://iranians.global/heritage/days/baloch-culture-day/", "date": "03-02", "tags": [ "cultural", "gregorian", "baluch" ], "fields": [ { "k": "Kind", "v": "cultural" }, { "k": "Calendar", "v": "gregorian" }, { "k": "Date", "v": "03-02", "label": "to verify" }, { "k": "Communities", "v": "baluch" } ], "links": [ { "t": "Heritage", "u": "/heritage/" } ] } ] }