Feast of Nabi Sabalan · Eid al-Nabi Sabalan

Culture of origin: Druze · Cultural

Holiday sources: Druze

Nabi Sabalan is one of the important Druze prophets; some identify him with Zebulun, son of Jacob, others with a missionary who joined the Druze faith and spread it in the region. His tomb stands on the lands of the depopulated village of Sabalan, south of the Druze town of Hurfeish, where Druze caretakers keep it and buildings have been put up for pilgrims. It is visited all year, but above all on 10 September, the feast the Druze religious leadership established in 1971. The feast and its eve are among the Druze holidays in the recess regulations of Israel's Druze religious courts, and Israel issued a stamp for it on 22 July 1986.