Feast of the Summer Forty Days · Cejna Çilê Havînê

Culture of origin: Yezidi · Cultural

Holiday sources: Yezidism

The summer Forty Days, Çileyê Havînê, is a fast that begins on 10 June in the Julian calendar (23 June Gregorian) and is an obligation for the high clergy, among them the Baba Sheikh; for lay Yezidis it is voluntary. It is kept at Lalish from dawn to sunset, and its close is celebrated every 2 August with a feast at the temple of Lalish. de.wikipedia describes the close with a bull sacrifice in honour of Sheikh Shems, baptisms, the sema dance and the shared simat meal. Kurdish leaders sent greetings for it on 2 August 2024 and 2026.