Abu al-Haris

{{short description|Mandaean religious feast}} {{Infobox holiday |holiday_name = Abu al-Haris |type = Religious |caption = |nickname = |observedby = Mandaeans |significance = Feast (lofani) commemorating Noah's flood }} {{Mandaeism}} In the Mandaean calendar, '''Abū al-Harīs''' ({{langx|ar|أبو الهريس}}) or '''Ashoriya''' ({{langx|myz|ࡀࡔࡅࡓࡉࡄ|Ašurih}})<ref name="Berenjie">{{cite book|title=Sabian Mandaean: The secret root of Christianity|last=Berenjie|first=Salim|date=2011|isbn=978-0-646-55156-2|location=Busby, New South Wales|oclc=769297177|page=352}}</ref> is a Mandaean religious feast day celebrated on the 1st day of Sarṭana, which is the 6th month of the Mandaean calendar. Abu al-Haris is celebrated by Mandaeans as a day of remembrance commemorating the drowned people of Noah's flood. Grains and cereals are eaten as part of a special lofani (ritual meal),<ref name="Häberl 2022">{{cite book | last=Häberl | first=Charles | url=https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781800856271 | title=The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire | location=Liverpool | publisher=Liverpool University Press | date=2022 | isbn=978-1-80085-627-1}}</ref>{{rp|17}} and another type of ritual meal called the dukrana is also prepared.<ref name="Abak">{{cite thesis |last=Abak |first=Keyvan |date=2018 |title=Mandaeism: Ancient Gnostic Religion; Living Religious Faith |url=https://flex.flinders.edu.au/items/37b600fe-8bab-47a6-afbe-5a0f1d935c93/1/?.vi=file&attachment.uuid=3bc05bb5-3b32-49a9-8bfa-b14eafee0a9f |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=Flinders University |location=Adelaide |access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref>

==Symbolism== Mandaeans believe that on this day, Noah and his son Sam made the food of forgiveness of sins for the souls of those who died in the flood. The food of forgiveness consists of seven grains representing the seven days of the week, and from the grounding of these seven grains came the name Abu Al-Harees. (See Ashure or Noah's pudding.)

==See also== {{Portal|Holidays}} *Genesis flood narrative *Noah's Ark

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Category:Observances on non-Gregorian calendars Category:Mandaean holy days Category:Noah Category:Mandaean ceremonial food and drink