March 29th
Festival of Inanna/Ishtar (New Year in Mespopotamia)
The most significant rite of the new year was the hieros gamos-the holy marriage between the king, who represented the God Dumuzi, and one of the temple priestess, who represented sented the Goddess Inanna. It was ordained that the King of Summer, no matter what his lineage, must become the husband of the life-giving Goddess of love, Inanna of Uruk. The role of the priestess of Inanna was that of the dominant partner who makes love to the king. The ceremony was called the “fixing of destinies” and determined the prosperity of the New Year. The entire ritual took place in a chapel on the summit of the ziqqurat and was considered essential for the fertility of the land.
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