The center of heritage revival organizes seminar entitled Eids guides in ancient Iraq

 

Under supervision by prof. Dr. Alaa N. Jasim (the director of the center. The center organizes seminar entitled ( Eids guides in ancient Iraq and its cultural legacy, al-Akitu eid, is an example) on Sunday 3/6/2024 where sited on the center’s hall with presence by professors and researchers , the lecture is presented by Msc. Assist instructor Melad Mohammad Hussein (one of the center’s members who talks about he Feast of Akitu, which was known to the Sumerians in the third millennium BC, was held in the Sumerian cities of Ur. It gained importance in the Babylonian and Assyrian eras. The ceremonies of this feast revolved around two basic points in ancient Babylonian beliefs. The first is the story of the Babylonian creation, which is the story of the struggle between the gods. The ancient gods were under complete leadership and the young gods were led by Marduk, the greatest god of the city of Babylon. This was the conflict that ended with the killing of Tiamah and Marduk splitting her body into two halves, creating the heaven and the earth, and the second was the sacred marriage between the goddess of fertility and growth, the goddess Ishtar and the god Dumuzi, and the celebration of the Feast of Akitu began. On the first day of April and continues for ten days