| The principal gathering of Bahá'ís of a particular locality The Nineteen Day Feast is, ideally, held on the first day of
every Bahá'í
month, and brings together the members of the Bahá'í community for worship, consultation and fellowship. |
| The programme for each Feast is divided into three parts to correspond
to these purposes. The devotional portion of the feast consists of reading primarily
from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh,
the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá or, occasionally, from the sacred scriptures of other religions.8 The purpose of the
consultative portion of the Feast 'is to enable individual believers to offer any suggestion
to the local assembly which in
its turn will pass it to the [national
spiritual assembly]'. The social portion of the Feast consists in the serving of
refreshments. Attendance at the Feast is not obligatory but very important. In general,
only Bahá'ís are
permitted to attend the Nineteen Day Feast. |
| [BD 83-84] |
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