Maidyozarem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Maidyozarem

Culture of origin: Zoroastrian · Ancient festival

Holiday sources: Iran · Zoroastrianism

Maidyozarem, "mid-greening", is the first of the six gahambars, the seasonal feasts that are, with Nowruz, the holiest days of the Zoroastrian year and the only ones whose observance is obligatory. Each is linked to one of Ahura Mazda's creations, this one to the sky. The gahambar days were holidays of communal banquets, and Persian Zoroastrians have long endowed them.