According to him, the festival used to be dedicated to women, and men would make them "liberal presents", and the custom was still flourishing in some districts of Fahla.
People pray for good harvest, honor the deity of Earth Spandārmad, and put signs on doors to destroy evil spirits.
[3] The observation of this festival has been revived in modern Iran, where it is mostly set on the 5th day of Esfand in the Solar Hejri calendar introduced in 1925, corresponding to 24 February.
In Persian it is called Mardgiran.Furthermore, Biruni notes that on this day, commoners ate raisins and pomegranate seeds.
The revival of the festival dates to the Pahlavi dynasty, advocated by Ebrahim Pourdavoud as "Nurses' Day" (روز پرستار) in 1962.