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Sepandārmazgān
Sepandārmazgān or Spendarmad or Sepandarmaz is a Iranian and Zoroastrian festival that was celebrated on the 5th day of the month of Isfand. It is the celebration day of love towards mothers and wives, and also a celebration of earth in ancient Persian culture. This day is dedicated to Spenta Armaiti, Spandārmad in Middle Persian, the Middle Iranian language/ethnolect of Southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times (224-654 CE) became a prestige dialect and so came to be spoken in other regions as well.
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