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🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel and 1 morePurimפּוּרִים A lively Jewish festival of storytelling, shared food, masks and charityFestival · Feasts and festival meals

🇹🇷 TurkeyRamadan in Turkey A holy month of fasting, prayer, and community meals, observed across Turkey with unique local customs.Spiritual · Fasting and breaking the fast

🇮🇷 Iran and 5 moreMid-Sha'banنصف شعبان An Islamic night of prayer, forgiveness, ancestral remembrance and sweet offeringsSpiritual · Sweets given and shared 🇹🇷 Bursa, TurkeyLaylat al-Raghaibلَيْلَةُ الرّغائِب An Islamic night of prayer and fasting at the beginning of the three sacred monthsSpiritual · Fasting and breaking the fast

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Ramadan in Turkey: Wiki leylek, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mid-Sha'ban: sayyed shahab-o- din vajedi, CC BY 4.0, source
Purim: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source

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