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Nineteen Day Feast
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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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