Akitu
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Akitu or Akitum () () is a spring festival and New Year's celebration, held on the first day of the Assyrian and Babylonian Nisan in ancient Mesopotamia and in Assyrian communities around the world, to celebrate the sowing of barley. Akitu originates from the Sumerian spring New Year festival of Zagmuk.
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- Holiday.holiday_name
- Akitu
- Holiday.type
- National, ethnic
- Holiday.significance
- New Year holiday, Easter
- Holiday.frequency
- Annual
- Holiday.date
- 1 April; varies between April 1–4
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- Assyrians celebrating Akitu year 6769 Nisanu (April) 1st 2019) in Nohadra (Duhok), Iraq
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- File:Assyrians celebrating Assyrian New Year (Akitu) year 6769 (April 1st 2019) in Nohadra (Duhok) 23.jpg
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- Assyrians celebrating Assyrian New Year (Akitu) year 6769 (April 1st 2019) in Nohadra (Duhok) 23.jpg
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17 sectionsContents
- Babylonian Akitu
- First to Third Day
- Fourth Day
- Fifth Day
- Sixth Day
- Seventh Day
- Eighth Day
- Ninth Day
- Tenth Day
- Eleventh Day
- Twelfth Day
- Legacy
- Modern observances
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Akitu or Akitum () () is a spring festival and New Year's celebration, held on the first day of the Assyrian and Babylonian Nisan in ancient Mesopotamia and in Assyrian communities around the world, to celebrate the sowing of barley. Akitu originates from the Sumerian spring New Year festival of Zagmuk.
==Babylonian Akitu== The Babylonian festival traditionally started on 4 Nissan, the first month of the year, as a celebration of the sowing of barley. All the people in the city would celebrate, including the awilu (upper class), muskena (middle class), wardu (lower class), High Priest, and the King.