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About Bibi
Bibijako Dive is a religious holiday celebrated by the majority of Orthodox Christian Romani people and, to a lesser degree, Muslim Roma from the Balkans and in the diaspora. Bibi is celebrated as a healer and protector of the family and children's health, and is the Roma version of the Hindu goddess Shashthi. Each region has its own date for the holiday; as is explained by legend, Bibi traveled to different places on different dates and performed healing. The dates of the holiday are associated with Easter fasting and are therefore mobile. Among Eastern Orthodox celebrants, the presence of a priest is obligatory.
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