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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 387 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GAHANBAR , festivals of the See also:

ancient Avesta See also:

CALENDAR

calendar celebrated by the See also:

PARSEES, or PARSIS

Parsees at six seasons of the See also:

YEAR

year which correspond with the six periods of creation: (1) Maidhyozaremaya (See also:

MID

mid See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring), (2) Maidhyoshema (midsummer), (3) Paitishahya (See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season of See also:

corn), (4) A yathrema (season of flocks), (5) Maidhyarya (See also:

winter See also:

SOLSTICE (Lat. solstitium, from sal, sun, and sistere, to stand still)

solstice), (6) Hamaspathmaedha (festival of sacrifices).

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