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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forAkitu FestivalThe name in Babylonian-Assyrian religion of a festival in honor of Marduk (q.v.). Originally it was called Zagmuku (q.v.), New Year’s Day, a festival belonging to another god. Akita seems to have been a general name for festival, which in course of time was specially applied to Marduk’s festival as the festival par excellence. See Morris Jastrow, Rel. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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