Bahmangan · Jashn-e Bahmangan

Culture of origin: Zoroastrian · Ancient festival

Holiday sources: Iran · Zoroastrianism

Bahmangan is the name-day feast of Vohu Manah (Bahman), "Good Mind", the Amesha Spenta of the animal creation, on the second day of the month Bahman. Al-Biruni and Gardizi record that in Khorasan people cooked meat with every kind of grain, vegetable and fruit in the "pot of Bahmangan", shared it and sold it in the bazaar, and wore new clothes. It was kept until the Mongol invasion and remains a holy day for Iranian Zoroastrians.