If possible, Yazidis make at least one pilgrimage to Lalish during their lifetime, and those living in the region try to attend at least once a year for the Feast of the Assembly in autumn.
Everyone is required to remove their shoes, wash their hands in the river, and cross the bridge three times while carrying torches and singing hymns.
During the dance, twelve men, dressed in white, circumambulate around a sacred torch lit in the middle which represents both God and the sun.
They walk around the white stone seven times, kiss it to show reverence and offer a sum of money to the guardian of the site.
During Qebaxgêran, Three tribes, namely Qayidî, Tirik, and Mamûsî exclusively with Qewals, the holder of the Çeqeltu (a candelabrum with seven lights) and the holder of the incense attend a Celse (session) in Lalish, during which pilgrims perform a popular dance while the music of Def and Şibab (flute and tambourine) is being performed.
It is believed that eating Simat and carrying a small branch of a tree on the turbans by those attending symbolizes the coming of greenness of the earth and germination of wheat in spring as a result of ceremonial bull sacrifice.
Berê Şibakê is brought from Bahzani, where it is kept in a special case, to Lalish on this day for this ceremony, which is attended by the Mîr, Babê Şêx and his entourage, the holders of the Çeqeltu and the incense as well as the Qewals who recite Qewlê Texta (Hymn of the Thrones).
[3][5][6][7] On the seventh and final day, other general ceremonies similar to the rites of pilgrimage during ordinary times are performed.