Paitishahem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Paitishahem

Culture of origin: Zoroastrian · Ancient festival

Holiday sources: Iran · Zoroastrianism

Paitishahem, "bringing in the corn", is the third of the six gahambars, a harvest feast for farmers, and it celebrates the creation of the earth. Each gahambar was once a single day; calendar reforms turned them into longer feasts, now five days each. Persian Zoroastrians have long endowed gahambar feasts, and in some villages every one of the year's thirty gahambar days has its own services and meal.