Feast of Ezid, the Glossary
Feast of Ezid (Kurdish: Cejna Êzî/Êzîd or Eyda Êzî/Êzid) is a Yezidi festival that commemorates Sultan Ezid.[1]
Table of Contents
7 relations: Fasting, Kurdish language, Sultan Ezid, Sun, Winter solstice, Yazidis, Yazidism.
- Winter solstice
- Yazidi holy days
- Yazidi religion
Fasting
Fasting is abstention from eating and sometimes drinking.
Kurdish language
Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria.
See Feast of Ezid and Kurdish language
Sultan Ezid
Sultan Êzîd (or sometimes Êzî or Siltan Êzîd) is a divine figure in the Yazidi religion.
See Feast of Ezid and Sultan Ezid
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
Winter solstice
The winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun. Feast of Ezid and winter solstice are December observances.
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Yazidis
Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis (translit), are a Kurdish-speaking endogamous religious group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran.
Yazidism
Yazidism, also known as Sharfadin, is a monotheistic ethnic religion that originated in Kurdistan and has roots in a western Iranic pre-Zoroastrian religion directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition. Feast of Ezid and Yazidism are Yazidi religion.
See Feast of Ezid and Yazidism
See also
Winter solstice
- Alban Arthan
- Alton Barnes White Horse
- Blue Christmas (holiday)
- Brú na Bóinne
- Brumalia
- Burning the Clocks
- Cold Food Festival
- Cova d'en Daina
- Dakshinayana
- December solstice
- Dongzhi (solar term)
- Dongzhi Festival
- Feast of Ezid
- Festive ecology
- Hogmanay
- Homophobia (film)
- Inti Raymi
- June solstice
- Koliada
- Korochun
- Lohri
- Maeshowe
- Maghe Sankranti
- Manhattanhenge
- Midwinter
- Midwinter Day
- Nardoqan
- Newgrange
- Nisse (folklore)
- Pongal (festival)
- Quyllurit'i
- Sì (dessert)
- Saint Lucy's Day
- Saturnalia
- Shalako
- Tekufah
- Uttarayana
- We Tripantu
- Willkakuti
- Yaldā Night
- Ziemassvētki
Yazidi holy days
- Cejna Cemayê
- Feast of Ezid
- Tawûsgeran
- Tiwaf
- Yazidi New Year
Yazidi religion
- Ezdina Mir
- Feast of Ezid
- Fexredîn
- Nasirdîn
- Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir
- Sheikh Mand
- Sheikh Shems
- Sicadîn
- Yazidi holy figures
- Yazidi holy places
- Yazidi literature
- Yazidi social organization
- Yazidism
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Ezid
Also known as Sultan Yazidis.