Purim
Jewish holiday and tradition, celebrated on the fourteenth day of the month Adar
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Summary
Purim is a public holiday[1]. Purim ranks in the top 6% of public holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,019 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Judaism[3]
- Instance of: holiday[4]
- Subclass of: Jewish holiday[5]
- Commons category: Purim[6]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: 14 Adar[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Purim[8]
- Described at URL: https://levandekulturarv.se/forteckningen/element/purim[9], https://levandekulturarv.se/in-english/the-inventory/submissions/purim[10]
- Depicted by: Feast of Esther[11]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[12], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Otto's encyclopedia[17], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], New International Encyclopedia[20]
- Topic has template: Template:Purim footer[21]
- Native label: פּוּרִים[22]
- Operating area: worldwide[23]
- Intangible cultural heritage status: Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden[24]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[25]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for Purim include Purim spiel[26].
Why It Matters
Purim has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Purim is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for Purim include Purim spiel[26].