Next week we will celebrate our New Year, called Çarşema Sere Nisane or Sersal.
Rebirth, redemption & new beginnings are a focal point of our culture, and New Year is the day to see it in full bloom. Colorful flowers are placed on the entrances or worn on the head, which is to welcome the New Year.
Yezidis also color eggs for the New Year. The colored eggs represent the primordial pearl from whose explosion the entire universe originated. They are reminiscent of the completion of earthly creation and the associated onset of life.
Dignitaries distribute spring bracelets (Bazinbar) in the colours red & white, a symbol often seen among Yezidis. They are meant to protect the wearer from misfortune and illness and must not be taken off. As soon as the Bazinbar removes itself one can make a wish.
In the central sanctuary of Lalish, Yezidi light thousands of holy lights in the evening to welcome the New Year. Light or the sun is one of the most sacred symbols in our culture.
Traditionally there is no wedding in this month. According to Yezidis and Babylonians, angels marry in this month. On this day of new beginnings, enmities and disputes are to be settled. The earth, according to the creation myth of the Yezidis, was created on the basis of love.
In addition, the Yezidiw visit the graves of their deceased and bring bread and other food, which they then distribute to those in need.
The Yezidi New Year is similar to the Akitu festival of the Sumerians and Babylonians, which was celebrated in the month of Nisannu, which, according to the Babylonian calendar and the Yezidi calendar, is the first month of the year.
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