Yaldā

ancient Iranian festival celebrated on the winter solstice; UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Event holiday Q1328626
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Yaldā

Summary

Yaldā is a holiday[1]. Yaldā draws 374 Wikipedia views per month (holiday category, ranking #112 of 616).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yaldā is in the country of Iran[3].
  • Yaldā's instance of is recorded as holiday[4].
  • Yaldā's instance of is recorded as tradition[5].
  • Yaldā's instance of is recorded as festival[6].
  • Yaldā took place at Iran[7].
  • The location of Yaldā was Tajikistan[8].
  • The location of Yaldā was Azerbaijan[9].
  • Yaldā took place at Iraqi Kurdistan[10].
  • Yaldā took place at Turkey[11].
  • The location of Yaldā was Russia[12].
  • The location of Yaldā was Canada[13].
  • Yaldā took place at United States[14].
  • Yaldā's Commons category is recorded as Yalda Night[15].
  • Yaldā's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 20[16].
  • Yaldā's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/yald-chella-01877[17].
  • Yaldā's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/yald-chella-01877[18].
  • Yaldā's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/yald-chella-01877[19].
  • Yaldā's described at URL is recorded as https://www.irankulturmerkezi.com/kultur/yelda-gecesi/[20].
  • Yaldā's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[21].
  • Yaldā's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[22].

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When and Where

Recorded location include Iran[7], Tajikistan[8], Azerbaijan[9], Iraqi Kurdistan[10], Turkey[11], and Russia[12]. Yaldā is in the country of Iran[3].

Context

Recorded instance of include holiday[4], tradition[5], and festival[6].

Why It Matters

Yaldā draws 374 Wikipedia views per month (holiday category, ranking #112 of 616).[2] Yaldā has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Yaldā is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description ancient Iranian festival celebrated on the winter solstice; UNESCO Intangible Cu
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage
    Day in year for periodic occurrence December 20
    Instance of holiday, tradition, festival
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1705]]: شب یلدا"
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