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 "count": 70,
 "note": "Every value keeps its measure, year, source and label; unknown is shown as unknown and never as 0. Figures of different measures are never added.",
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  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "newroz",
   "title": "Newroz / نەورۆز",
   "summary": "Kurdish new year and national day: the legend of Kawa the blacksmith and hillside bonfires.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/newroz/",
   "date": "03-21",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "gregorian",
    "all-kurdish",
    "alevi",
    "yarsan",
    "zoroastrian"
   ],
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     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "03-21",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "all-kurdish, alevi, yarsan, zoroastrian"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "kurdish-journalism-day",
   "title": "Kurdish Journalism Day / Roja Rojnamegeriya Kurdî",
   "summary": "Anniversary of the first Kurdish newspaper, Kurdistan, Cairo, 1898.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/kurdish-journalism-day/",
   "date": "04-22",
   "tags": [
    "civic",
    "gregorian",
    "all-kurdish",
    "kurmanji"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "civic"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "04-22",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "all-kurdish, kurmanji"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "kurdish-language-day",
   "title": "Kurdish Language Day / Roja Zimanê Kurdî",
   "summary": "Anniversary of the journal Hawar, 1932.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/kurdish-language-day/",
   "date": "05-15",
   "tags": [
    "cultural",
    "gregorian",
    "all-kurdish",
    "kurmanji"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "cultural"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "05-15",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "all-kurdish, kurmanji"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "flag-day",
   "title": "Kurdistan Flag Day / Roja Ala Kurdistanê / ڕۆژی ئاڵای کوردستان",
   "summary": "Observed in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/flag-day/",
   "date": "12-17",
   "tags": [
    "civic",
    "gregorian",
    "sorani",
    "kurmanji"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "civic"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "12-17",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "sorani, kurmanji"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "mahabad-proclamation",
   "title": "Republic of Mahabad / Komara Mehabadê / کۆماری مەهاباد",
   "summary": "Proclamation of the Republic of Mahabad, 1946.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/mahabad-proclamation/",
   "date": "01-22",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "gregorian",
    "all-kurdish",
    "sorani"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "01-22",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "all-kurdish, sorani"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "halabja",
   "title": "Halabja remembrance / Helebce / هەڵەبجە",
   "summary": "Chemical weapons attack on Halabja, 16 March 1988.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/halabja/",
   "date": "03-16",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "gregorian",
    "all-kurdish",
    "sorani"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "03-16",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "all-kurdish, sorani"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "anfal",
   "title": "Anfal remembrance / Enfal / ئەنفال",
   "summary": "Remembrance of the Anfal campaign, observed in the Kurdistan Region.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/anfal/",
   "date": "04-14",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "gregorian",
    "all-kurdish",
    "sorani",
    "kurmanji"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
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    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "04-14",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "all-kurdish, sorani, kurmanji"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "yazidi-genocide",
   "title": "Yazidi genocide remembrance / Fermana Şengalê",
   "summary": "Attack on Shingal (Sinjar) by an armed group, 3 August 2014; found a genocide by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (2016).",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/yazidi-genocide/",
   "date": "08-03",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "gregorian",
    "yazidi",
    "all-kurdish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "08-03",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "yazidi, all-kurdish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "dersim",
   "title": "Dersim remembrance / Qetlîama Dersimê / دێرسم",
   "summary": "Killings and deportations in Dersim, 1937 to 1938, as documented by historians.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/dersim/",
   "date": "1937 to 1938 (communities mark different dates)",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "variable",
    "zazaki",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "1937 to 1938 (communities mark different dates)",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "zazaki, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "carsema-sor",
   "title": "Çarşema Sor (Red Wednesday)",
   "summary": "Yazidi new year.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/carsema-sor/",
   "date": "first Wednesday of April in the Julian-based Yazidi calendar",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "variable",
    "yazidi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
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    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
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    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "first Wednesday of April in the Julian-based Yazidi calendar",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "yazidi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "cejna-ezid",
   "title": "Cejna Êzîd / Îda Êzî",
   "summary": "Yazidi feast after a three-day fast.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/cejna-ezid/",
   "date": "first Friday of December (Julian)",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "variable",
    "yazidi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "first Friday of December (Julian)",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "yazidi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "eid-al-fitr",
   "title": "Eid al-Fitr (Cejna Remezanê) / Cejna Remezanê / جەژنی ڕەمەزان",
   "summary": "End of the fast of Ramadan.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/eid-al-fitr/",
   "date": "1 Shawwal",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "kurdish-sunni",
    "feyli-shia",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "1 Shawwal",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-sunni, feyli-shia, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "eid-al-adha",
   "title": "Eid al-Adha (Cejna Qurbanê) / Cejna Qurbanê / جەژنی قوربان",
   "summary": "Feast of the Sacrifice at the close of the Hajj.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/eid-al-adha/",
   "date": "10 Dhu al-Hijjah",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "kurdish-sunni",
    "feyli-shia",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "10 Dhu al-Hijjah",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-sunni, feyli-shia, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "chaharshanbe-suri",
   "title": "Chaharshanbe Suri / Çarşema Sûrî / چوارشەممە سووری",
   "summary": "The fire festival on the eve of the last Wednesday before Newroz. People jump over small fires.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/chaharshanbe-suri/",
   "date": "Last Wednesday before Nowruz",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "solar-hijri",
    "sorani",
    "southern-kurdish",
    "gorani-hawrami",
    "zoroastrian"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "solar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Last Wednesday before Nowruz",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "sorani, southern-kurdish, gorani-hawrami, zoroastrian"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "sizdah-bedar",
   "title": "Sizdah Bedar / Sizdebedar / سیزدەبەدەر",
   "summary": "The thirteenth day of the Solar Hijri year, spent outdoors with a picnic, ending the Newroz holidays.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/sizdah-bedar/",
   "date": "13 Farvardin",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "solar-hijri",
    "sorani",
    "southern-kurdish",
    "gorani-hawrami"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "solar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "13 Farvardin",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "sorani, southern-kurdish, gorani-hawrami"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
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     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "sheva-chille",
   "title": "Şeva Çilê (Yalda night) / Şeva Çilê / شەوی چڵە",
   "summary": "The longest night of the year, on 30 Azar in the Solar Hijri calendar. It is marked with fruit, nuts and poetry, and is also known as Yalda.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/sheva-chille/",
   "date": "30 Azar",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "solar-hijri",
    "sorani",
    "southern-kurdish",
    "gorani-hawrami",
    "kurmanji",
    "zoroastrian"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "solar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "30 Azar",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "sorani, southern-kurdish, gorani-hawrami, kurmanji, zoroastrian"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "hidirellez",
   "title": "Hıdırellez (Xidirelez) / Xidirelez / خدرەلەز",
   "summary": "A spring festival of Khidr and Ilyas, marked from the evening of 5 May to 6 May.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/hidirellez/",
   "date": "05-06",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "gregorian",
    "alevi",
    "kurdish-sunni",
    "kurmanji",
    "zazaki"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "05-06",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "alevi, kurdish-sunni, kurmanji, zazaki"
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   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "zaza-new-year-gagand",
   "title": "Gağand (Zaza new year)",
   "summary": "A Zaza new year festival, mainly of Alevi Zazas. Children visit neighbours and receive gifts.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/zaza-new-year-gagand/",
   "date": "Celebrated in December or January",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "variable",
    "zazaki",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Celebrated in December or January",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "zazaki, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "zaza-new-year-serra-newe",
   "title": "Serra Newe (Zaza new year)",
   "summary": "The new year festival of Sunni Zazas. It is the Sunni counterpart of Gağand.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/zaza-new-year-serra-newe/",
   "date": "Celebrated in December or January",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "variable",
    "zazaki",
    "kurdish-sunni"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Celebrated in December or January",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "zazaki, kurdish-sunni"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "zaza-spring-hewtemal",
   "title": "Hewtemal and Kormışkan (Zaza spring festivals) / Hewtemal / Kormışkan",
   "summary": "Two Zaza spring festivals, one Alevi and one Sunni. People go out into nature for picnics.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/zaza-spring-hewtemal/",
   "date": "Celebrated in March",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "variable",
    "zazaki",
    "alevi",
    "kurdish-sunni"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Celebrated in March",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "zazaki, alevi, kurdish-sunni"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "jashna-cemaiye",
   "title": "Feast of the Assembly (Cejna Cemayê)",
   "summary": "The great Yazidi autumn pilgrimage to Lalish, in honour of Sheikh Adi. It runs from 6 to 13 October.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/jashna-cemaiye/",
   "date": "6 October",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "julian",
    "yazidi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "julian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "6 October",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "yazidi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "yarsan-khavandgar",
   "title": "Khavandgar festival (Yarsan) / Jejnî Xawendgar / جەژنی خاوەندگار",
   "summary": "A Yarsan festival marked with a fast and a gathering (jam). Its date is set by the community.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/yarsan-khavandgar/",
   "date": "Set by the Yarsan community",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "variable",
    "yarsan",
    "southern-kurdish",
    "gorani-hawrami"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Set by the Yarsan community",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "yarsan, southern-kurdish, gorani-hawrami"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "yarsan-pir-shaliar",
   "title": "Pir Shaliar ceremony (Yarsan) / Pîr Şalyar / پیر شالیار",
   "summary": "A Yarsan ceremony at Avroman Takht in the Hawraman area.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/yarsan-pir-shaliar/",
   "date": "Held each year at the village of Avroman Takht",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "variable",
    "yarsan",
    "gorani-hawrami"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
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    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Held each year at the village of Avroman Takht",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "yarsan, gorani-hawrami"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "nowruz-solar-hijri",
   "title": "Nowruz (Solar Hijri new year) / Newroz / نەورۆز",
   "summary": "The first day of the Solar Hijri year, as kept in Iran. It falls on 20 or 21 March, by the moment of the March equinox in Tehran.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/nowruz-solar-hijri/",
   "date": "1 Farvardin",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "solar-hijri",
    "sorani",
    "southern-kurdish",
    "gorani-hawrami",
    "yarsan",
    "zoroastrian"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "solar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "1 Farvardin",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "sorani, southern-kurdish, gorani-hawrami, yarsan, zoroastrian"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "sadeh",
   "title": "Sadeh / Sade / سەدە",
   "summary": "A midwinter fire festival of the Zoroastrian tradition, on 10 Bahman.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/sadeh/",
   "date": "10 Bahman",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "solar-hijri",
    "zoroastrian",
    "sorani"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "solar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "10 Bahman",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "zoroastrian, sorani"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "tirgan",
   "title": "Tirgan / Tîrgan / تیرگان",
   "summary": "A summer water festival of the Zoroastrian tradition, on 13 Tir.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/tirgan/",
   "date": "13 Tir",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "solar-hijri",
    "zoroastrian"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "solar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "13 Tir",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "zoroastrian"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "mehregan",
   "title": "Mehregan / Mihrigan / مێهرەگان",
   "summary": "An autumn festival of Mithra in the Zoroastrian tradition, on 16 Mehr.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/mehregan/",
   "date": "16 Mehr",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "solar-hijri",
    "zoroastrian",
    "yarsan"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "solar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "16 Mehr",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "zoroastrian, yarsan"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "khordadsal",
   "title": "Khordadsal / Xordadsal / خۆردادساڵ",
   "summary": "The birthday of Zarathustra by the Iranian Zoroastrian calendar, on 6 Khordad.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/khordadsal/",
   "date": "6 Khordad",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "solar-hijri",
    "zoroastrian"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "solar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "6 Khordad",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "zoroastrian"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "islamic-new-year",
   "title": "Islamic New Year / Serê Salê Hicrî / سەری ساڵی کۆچی",
   "summary": "The first day of Muharram, the start of the Hijri year.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/islamic-new-year/",
   "date": "1 Muharram",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "kurdish-sunni",
    "feyli-shia",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "1 Muharram",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-sunni, feyli-shia, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "muharram-mourning",
   "title": "Mourning of Muharram / Rojîya Şînê",
   "summary": "Alevis fast and mourn for the first twelve days of Muharram. It ends at Ashura.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/muharram-mourning/",
   "date": "1 Muharram",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "1 Muharram",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "ashura",
   "title": "Ashura / Aşûra / عاشورا",
   "summary": "The tenth day of Muharram. Shia and Alevi communities mourn Husayn, and many Sunni communities fast.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/ashura/",
   "date": "10 Muharram",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "kurdish-sunni",
    "feyli-shia",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "10 Muharram",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-sunni, feyli-shia, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "arbaeen",
   "title": "Arbaeen / Erbaîn / ئەربەعین",
   "summary": "Forty days after Ashura, the day of remembrance of Husayn, marked by pilgrimage to Karbala.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/arbaeen/",
   "date": "20 Safar",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "feyli-shia",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "20 Safar",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "feyli-shia, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "mawlid-sunni",
   "title": "Mawlid (Sunni reckoning) / Mewlûd / مەولوود",
   "summary": "The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, on 12 Rabi al-Awwal. Kurdish Sunni communities mark it with mewlûd recitations.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/mawlid-sunni/",
   "date": "12 Rabi al-Awwal",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "kurdish-sunni"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "12 Rabi al-Awwal",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-sunni"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "mawlid-shia",
   "title": "Mawlid (Shia reckoning) / Mewlûd / مەولوود",
   "summary": "The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad by the Shia reckoning, on 17 Rabi al-Awwal.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/mawlid-shia/",
   "date": "17 Rabi al-Awwal",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "feyli-shia",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "17 Rabi al-Awwal",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "feyli-shia, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "isra-miraj",
   "title": "Isra and Miraj / Şeva Mîracê / شەوی مێعراج",
   "summary": "The night of the Prophet's journey and ascension, on 27 Rajab.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/isra-miraj/",
   "date": "27 Rajab",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "kurdish-sunni",
    "feyli-shia"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "27 Rajab",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-sunni, feyli-shia"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "imam-ali-birthday",
   "title": "Birthday of Imam Ali / Rojbûna Îmam Elî / لەدایکبوونی ئیمام عەلی",
   "summary": "The birthday of Ali ibn Abi Talib, on 13 Rajab. Alevis also mark Ali's birthday at Newroz.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/imam-ali-birthday/",
   "date": "13 Rajab",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "feyli-shia",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "13 Rajab",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "feyli-shia, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "mid-shaban",
   "title": "Mid-Shaban (Night of Bara'at) / Şeva Beratê / شەوی بەرائەت",
   "summary": "The night of the fifteenth of Shaban. Many Sunni communities pray for forgiveness, and Shia communities mark the birth of the twelfth Imam.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/mid-shaban/",
   "date": "15 Shaban",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "kurdish-sunni",
    "feyli-shia"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "15 Shaban",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-sunni, feyli-shia"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "ramadan-start",
   "title": "First day of Ramadan / Destpêka Remezanê / سەرەتای ڕەمەزان",
   "summary": "The first day of the fast of Ramadan.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/ramadan-start/",
   "date": "1 Ramadan",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "kurdish-sunni",
    "feyli-shia"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "1 Ramadan",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-sunni, feyli-shia"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "laylat-al-qadr-sunni",
   "title": "Laylat al-Qadr (27 Ramadan) / Şeva Qedrê / شەوی قەدر",
   "summary": "The Night of Power. Many Sunni communities keep the night of the 27th of Ramadan.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/laylat-al-qadr-sunni/",
   "date": "27 Ramadan",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "kurdish-sunni"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "27 Ramadan",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-sunni"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "laylat-al-qadr-shia",
   "title": "Laylat al-Qadr (23 Ramadan) / Şeva Qedrê / شەوی قەدر",
   "summary": "The Night of Power, kept by Shia communities on the 19th, 21st and 23rd of Ramadan. The 23rd is shown.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/laylat-al-qadr-shia/",
   "date": "23 Ramadan",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "feyli-shia",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "23 Ramadan",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "feyli-shia, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "day-of-arafah",
   "title": "Day of Arafah / Roja Erefe / ڕۆژی عەرەفە",
   "summary": "The ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah, the day before Eid al-Adha, a day of fasting and prayer.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/day-of-arafah/",
   "date": "9 Dhu al-Hijjah",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "kurdish-sunni",
    "feyli-shia"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "9 Dhu al-Hijjah",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-sunni, feyli-shia"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "eid-al-ghadir",
   "title": "Eid al-Ghadir / Cejna Xedîrê / جەژنی غەدیر",
   "summary": "The eighteenth of Dhu al-Hijjah, the day Shia and Alevi communities mark the appointment of Ali at Ghadir Khumm.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/eid-al-ghadir/",
   "date": "18 Dhu al-Hijjah",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "lunar-hijri",
    "feyli-shia",
    "alevi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "lunar-hijri"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "18 Dhu al-Hijjah",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "feyli-shia, alevi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "rosh-hashanah",
   "title": "Rosh Hashanah / Roş Haşana / ڕۆش هەشانا",
   "summary": "The Jewish new year, two days from the first of Tishri.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/rosh-hashanah/",
   "date": "1 Tishri",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "hebrew",
    "kurdish-jewish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "hebrew"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "1 Tishri",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-jewish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "yom-kippur",
   "title": "Yom Kippur / Yom Kîpûr / یۆم کیپوور",
   "summary": "The Day of Atonement, a day of fasting.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/yom-kippur/",
   "date": "10 Tishri",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "hebrew",
    "kurdish-jewish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "hebrew"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "10 Tishri",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-jewish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "sukkot",
   "title": "Sukkot / Sûkot / سووکۆت",
   "summary": "The festival of booths, seven days from the fifteenth of Tishri.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/sukkot/",
   "date": "15 Tishri",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "hebrew",
    "kurdish-jewish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "hebrew"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "15 Tishri",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-jewish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "hanukkah",
   "title": "Hanukkah / Hanûka / هانوکا",
   "summary": "The festival of lights, eight days from the twenty-fifth of Kislev.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/hanukkah/",
   "date": "25 Kislev",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "hebrew",
    "kurdish-jewish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "hebrew"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "25 Kislev",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-jewish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "purim",
   "title": "Purim / Pûrîm / پووریم",
   "summary": "The feast of Esther, on the fourteenth of Adar. In a leap year it falls in Adar II.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/purim/",
   "date": "14 Adar or Adar II",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "hebrew",
    "kurdish-jewish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "hebrew"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "14 Adar or Adar II",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-jewish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "passover",
   "title": "Passover / Pesah / پەساح",
   "summary": "The festival of the Exodus. It lasts eight days outside Israel and seven in Israel.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/passover/",
   "date": "15 Nisan",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "hebrew",
    "kurdish-jewish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "hebrew"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "15 Nisan",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-jewish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "shavuot",
   "title": "Shavuot / Şawûot / شاڤوعوت",
   "summary": "The festival of weeks, two days outside Israel from the sixth of Sivan.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/shavuot/",
   "date": "6 Sivan",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "hebrew",
    "kurdish-jewish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "hebrew"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "6 Sivan",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-jewish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "tisha-bav",
   "title": "Tisha B'Av / Tişa be-Av / تیشا بەئاڤ",
   "summary": "The ninth of Av, a day of fasting in memory of the destruction of the Temples.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/tisha-bav/",
   "date": "9 Av",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "hebrew",
    "kurdish-jewish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "hebrew"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "9 Av",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-jewish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "sehrane",
   "title": "Sehrane (Saharane) / Sehrane / سەحرانە",
   "summary": "A Kurdish Jewish festival of picnics, music and dance.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/sehrane/",
   "date": "Reported after Passover in Kurdistan and during Sukkot among Kurdish Jews in Jerusalem",
   "tags": [
    "festival",
    "variable",
    "kurdish-jewish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "festival"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Reported after Passover in Kurdistan and during Sukkot among Kurdish Jews in Jerusalem",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-jewish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "christmas",
   "title": "Christmas (25 December) / Cejna Jidayîbûna Mesîh / جەژنی لەدایکبوونی مەسیح",
   "summary": "The birth of Jesus, on 25 December in the Gregorian calendar.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/christmas/",
   "date": "12-25",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "gregorian",
    "kurdish-christian"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "12-25",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-christian"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "christmas-orthodox",
   "title": "Christmas (Julian calendar) / Cejna Jidayîbûna Mesîh / جەژنی لەدایکبوونی مەسیح",
   "summary": "The birth of Jesus on 25 December of the Julian calendar, which is 7 January in the Gregorian calendar.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/christmas-orthodox/",
   "date": "7 January",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "julian",
    "kurdish-christian"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "julian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "7 January",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-christian"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "easter-western",
   "title": "Easter (Western churches) / Cejna Rabûna Mesîh / جەژنی زیندووبوونەوەی مەسیح",
   "summary": "The resurrection of Jesus, by the Western reckoning.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/easter-western/",
   "date": "Western Easter",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "easter",
    "kurdish-christian"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "easter"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Western Easter",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-christian"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "easter-orthodox",
   "title": "Easter (Orthodox reckoning) / Cejna Rabûna Mesîh / جەژنی زیندووبوونەوەی مەسیح",
   "summary": "The resurrection of Jesus, by the Julian reckoning of Orthodox churches.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/easter-orthodox/",
   "date": "Orthodox Easter",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "easter",
    "kurdish-christian"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "easter"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Orthodox Easter",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurdish-christian"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "kocho-massacre",
   "title": "Kocho massacre / Qetlîama Kocoyê",
   "summary": "The killing of Yazidi men and the abduction of women and children in the village of Kocho, 15 August 2014.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/kocho-massacre/",
   "date": "08-15",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "gregorian",
    "yazidi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "08-15",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "yazidi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "sardasht-chemical-attack",
   "title": "Chemical attack on Sardasht / Kîmyabarana Serdeşt / کیمیابارانی سەردەشت",
   "summary": "Iraqi aircraft bombed Sardasht with chemical weapons on 28 June 1987.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/sardasht-chemical-attack/",
   "date": "06-28",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "gregorian",
    "sorani",
    "kurdish-sunni"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "06-28",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "sorani, kurdish-sunni"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "rapareen",
   "title": "Raperîn (1991 uprising) / Raperîn / ڕاپەڕین",
   "summary": "The uprising of March 1991 in Iraqi Kurdistan, which began in Ranya on 5 March.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/rapareen/",
   "date": "03-05",
   "tags": [
    "historical",
    "gregorian",
    "sorani",
    "kurmanji",
    "all-kurdish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "historical"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "03-05",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "sorani, kurmanji, all-kurdish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "sivas-massacre",
   "title": "Sivas massacre / Qetlîama Sêwasê",
   "summary": "A mob set fire to the Madımak Hotel in Sivas on 2 July 1993. Thirty-seven people died, mostly Alevi writers and artists.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/sivas-massacre/",
   "date": "07-02",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "gregorian",
    "alevi",
    "zazaki"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "07-02",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "alevi, zazaki"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "maras-massacre",
   "title": "Maraş massacre / Qetlîama Meraşê",
   "summary": "Attacks in Kahramanmaraş from 19 to 26 December 1978 killed more than a hundred people, mostly Alevis.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/maras-massacre/",
   "date": "12-19",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "gregorian",
    "alevi",
    "zazaki",
    "kurmanji"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "12-19",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "alevi, zazaki, kurmanji"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "seyid-riza",
   "title": "Execution of Seyid Riza (Dersim, 1937) / Seyîd Rîza / سەید ڕەزا",
   "summary": "Seyid Riza of Dersim was executed on 15 November 1937. Turkish official texts speak of a rebellion or an operation, and many scholars and communities speak of a massacre or a genocide.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/seyid-riza/",
   "date": "11-15",
   "tags": [
    "historical",
    "gregorian",
    "alevi",
    "zazaki"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "historical"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "11-15",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "alevi, zazaki"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "cegerxwin-remembrance",
   "title": "Remembrance of the poet Cegerxwîn / Cegerxwîn / جگەرخوین",
   "summary": "The poet Cegerxwîn died in Stockholm on 22 October 1984.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/cegerxwin-remembrance/",
   "date": "10-22",
   "tags": [
    "cultural",
    "gregorian",
    "kurmanji",
    "all-kurdish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "cultural"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "10-22",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurmanji, all-kurdish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "sherko-bekas-birthday",
   "title": "Birthday of the poet Sherko Bekas / Şêrko Bêkes / شێرکۆ بێکەس",
   "summary": "The poet Sherko Bekas was born on 2 May 1940. He died on 4 August 2013.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/sherko-bekas-birthday/",
   "date": "05-02",
   "tags": [
    "cultural",
    "gregorian",
    "sorani",
    "all-kurdish"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "cultural"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "05-02",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "sorani, all-kurdish"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "zilan-remembrance",
   "title": "Zilan remembrance / Zîlan / زیلان",
   "summary": "Killing of civilians in the Zilan valley, Van province, 12 to 13 July 1930, during the Ararat rebellion.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/zilan-remembrance/",
   "date": "12 to 13 July",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "gregorian",
    "all-kurdish",
    "kurmanji"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "12 to 13 July",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "all-kurdish, kurmanji"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "qazi-muhammad-remembrance",
   "title": "Qazi Muhammad remembrance / Qazî Mihemed / قازی محەمەد",
   "summary": "Execution of Qazi Muhammad, president of the Republic of Mahabad, in Mahabad on 31 March 1947.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/qazi-muhammad-remembrance/",
   "date": "31 March",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "gregorian",
    "all-kurdish",
    "sorani"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "gregorian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "31 March",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "all-kurdish, sorani"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "sheikh-said-remembrance",
   "title": "Sheikh Said remembrance / Şêx Seîd / شێخ سەعید",
   "summary": "Trial and execution of Sheikh Said of Piran and others in Diyarbakır (Amed) after the 1925 revolt.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/sheikh-said-remembrance/",
   "date": "Summer 1925 (sources differ on the day)",
   "tags": [
    "remembrance",
    "variable",
    "kurmanji",
    "zazaki",
    "kurdish-sunni"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "remembrance"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Summer 1925 (sources differ on the day)",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "kurmanji, zazaki, kurdish-sunni"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "roja-ezi",
   "title": "Fast of Ezi (Roja Êzî) / Rojiyên Êzî",
   "summary": "Three days of fasting from dawn to sunset that end with the feast of Êzî on the Friday.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/roja-ezi/",
   "date": "Three days, Tuesday to Thursday, before Cejna Êzî",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "julian",
    "yazidi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "julian"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Three days, Tuesday to Thursday, before Cejna Êzî",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "yazidi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "tawusgeran",
   "title": "Tawûsgeran (Tawûs Gêran) / Tawûsgêran",
   "summary": "Yezidi festival in which qewals carry the sacred peacock image (sinjaq) to Yezidi villages. It is held twice a year.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/tawusgeran/",
   "date": "Spring and autumn (no fixed day recorded)",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "variable",
    "yazidi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Spring and autumn (no fixed day recorded)",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "yazidi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "khidir-nebi-yazidi",
   "title": "Khidir Nebi or Khidir Ilyas (Yezidi winter festival) / Xidir Nebî / Xidir Elyas",
   "summary": "A Yezidi winter festival named in Kreyenbroek's account of Yezidi festivals.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/khidir-nebi-yazidi/",
   "date": "Winter (no fixed day recorded)",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "variable",
    "yazidi"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Winter (no fixed day recorded)",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "yazidi"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "day",
   "id": "hizir-fast",
   "title": "Hızır fast (Alevi) / Xızır Rocê / Hızır Orucu",
   "summary": "Three-day Alevi fast for Hızır, ending in a Hızır cem. It is kept mainly by Alevis of Dersim and neighbouring provinces.",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/heritage/days/hizir-fast/",
   "date": "Three days in late winter, usually Tuesday to Thursday (dates differ)",
   "tags": [
    "religious",
    "variable",
    "alevi",
    "zazaki"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Kind",
     "v": "religious"
    },
    {
     "k": "Calendar",
     "v": "variable"
    },
    {
     "k": "Date",
     "v": "Three days in late winter, usually Tuesday to Thursday (dates differ)",
     "label": "to verify"
    },
    {
     "k": "Communities",
     "v": "alevi, zazaki"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Heritage",
     "u": "/heritage/"
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}