Ead Fel

Culture of origin: Mandaean · Cultural

Holiday sources: Iran · Mandaeism

Ead Fel is a Mandaean feast on the first day of Taura, the fourth month of the Mandaean year, seventeen days before Dehwa Hanina. Its custom is to eat crushed dates with roasted sesame seeds, called shoshma. Like every Mandaean date it moves one day earlier in the Gregorian calendar every four years, since the Mandaean year is always 365 days: it fell on 14 October in 2024 and falls on 13 October in 2028.