Eid il-Burbara [SEP] named after
Eid il-Burbara
Eid il-Burbara or Saint Barbara's Day (), is a holiday annually celebrated on December 4 (Gregorian calendar), December 17 (Julian calendar), among Middle Eastern Christians in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Turkey (Hatay Province). Its celebration shares many elements with Halloween, though coming from a much earlier tradition, and unrelated to the feast of the dead. Traditionally, adults and children wearing disguise go around houses in the villages dancing and singing the story of
and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran (Israel)
- December 4: Eid il-Burbara (Israel/Palestinian territories , not an official holiday)
- December 24: Nittel Nacht
- December 31: Novy God Eve (Russian-Jewish community)
See also.
- List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar
- List of Gregorian Palestinian-related observances
- Holocaust Memorial Days