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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 celebrated by the See also:Parsees at six seasons of the See also:year which correspond with the six periods of creation: (1) Maidhyozaremaya (See also:mid See also:spring), (2) Maidhyoshema (midsummer), (3) Paitishahya (See also:season of See also:corn), (4) A yathrema (season of flocks), (5) Maidhyarya (See also:winter See also:solstice), (6) Hamaspathmaedha (festival of sacrifices) .

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