Jashn-e-Sadeh - Long separated, Indian and Iranian Zartoshtis celebrate together - in Poona, India.

[jetray]

On the 27th of January, Zoroastrians from India and Iran, and diaspora around the world came together in the Indian city of Poona to celebrate their ancient festival of Sadeh. The birth of Fire.

Indian High Priests led Iranian priests in the three hour long ancient ritual Jashan prayers and humbandagi.

After that there were prayers and offering to the Dar e Meher fire by both Zoroastrians as well as children of mixed heritage and non Zoroastrian spouses and relatives of born Zoroastrians who have now been welcomed from around the world to learn about our ancient faith and share in the spiritual journey of every Zoroastrian.

The festivities then moved to beautiful Persian folk songs of happiness, love and togetherness by Iranian artists on ancient folk instruments, prominent among them the Daph, played beautifully by a Iranian girl from France who was an instant hit with the young Parsi girls in the crowd, as well as many young guys as well!

There were some folk dances as well by pretty maidens in traditional Persian costumes.

The head priest from Iran then addressed the congregation and blessed everyone. And prayed for increasing contact between the two communities at regular intervals. Both in India as well as Iran. Our next such get-together is planned for March on Navroz.

Like all Parsi and indeed Zoroastrian functions, things would have been somewhat incomplete without food! So everyone then moved to the tables laden with snacks, fruits (bananas, apples, mausambi, pomegranate, chikoo), chasni (like prasad), malido (like halwa), and tea and coffee.

A lovely Sunday morning it was, and what struck me was how happy the 100+ Iranian Zoroastrians (as well as many more from countries around the world) looked to be in the cultural and spiritual home of world Zoroastrianism and meeting and interacting with the parent community. A soul refreshing journey for many.

Some photos we took ...

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Ushta te.

@third eye @Sam. @jbgt90 @jamahir @Nilgiri @Agnihotra @Persian Gulf 1906 @zartosht @Cthulhu @Tokhme khar

Cheers, Doc

Hope you had a great celebration. I wish more ppl know about parsis customs & culture, most often we know about it only through news media after the event has taken place.
You simply cannot celebrate on your own, you ppl need to share the sweets as well ;-).

 

[Agnihotra]

this guy with beard looks remarkably similar to those Persian warriors from tomb of Cyrus the great.

 

[padamchen]

this guy with beard looks remarkably similar to those Persian warriors from tomb of Cyrus the great.

Yeah. He's a rockstar and now permanently stationed in India. A major bhakt of Avtar Meher Baba. Plays at the prayers at Meherabad regularly.

Looks a bit like the now famous Iranian Kurdish asylum seeker and literary award winning author in Australia, Behrouz Boochani ...

I wish I could upload videos my kids took. Unfortunately the forum gives a message that they are too big.

@waz @Oscar @WebMaster @Arsalan

Cheers, Doc

 

[Agnihotra]

Yeah. He's a rockstar and now permanently stationed in India. A major bhakt of Avtar Meher Baba. Plays at the prayers at Meherabad regularly.

Looks a bit like the now famous Iranian Kurdish asylum seeker and literary award winning author in Australia, Behrouz Boochani ...

I wish I could upload videos my kids took. Unfortunately the forum gives a message that they are too big.

@waz @Oscar @WebMaster @Arsalan

Cheers, Doc

Do you guys perform prayers like Bhajans ?

My father looks very similarto that Kurdish-Iranian guy.

 

[padamchen]

Do you guys perform prayers like Bhajans ?

My father looks very similarto that Kurdish-Iranian guy.

Our prayers and yours with eyes closed and a fine ear for linguistic nuances, cadence, pitch, and intonation are very similar. This has been told to me by more than one Brahmin when they had the opportunity of attending a Navjote (Zoroastrian thread investiture ceremony) or Lagan (marriage) and hear our Dasturs praying.

The incantations are very powerful. And some Dasturs are just gifted (and much sought after) for their powerful and melodious voices and delivery.

Unfortunately though, it is not the done thing (frowned upon in fact) to videotape their prayers and the fire, hence I do not have those to share.

You father is a good looking man.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Novice09]

Tried to answer one troll... but then I realise that it is wrong to derail the thread... so edited the post...

Congratulations and best wishes to @padamchen and other Parsi fellows...

 

[padamchen]

Tried to answer one troll... but then I realise that it is wrong to derail the thread... so edited the post...

Congratulations and best wishes to @padamchen and other Parsi fellows...

Thanks bro.

I'm waiting to be able to share the videos too.

Cheers, Doc

 

[HariPrasad]

On the 27th of January, Zoroastrians from India and Iran, and diaspora around the world came together in the Indian city of Poona to celebrate their ancient festival of Sadeh. The birth of Fire.

Indian High Priests led Iranian priests in the three hour long ancient ritual Jashan prayers and humbandagi.

After that there were prayers and offering to the Dar e Meher fire by both Zoroastrians as well as children of mixed heritage and non Zoroastrian spouses and relatives of born Zoroastrians who have now been welcomed from around the world to learn about our ancient faith and share in the spiritual journey of every Zoroastrian.

The festivities then moved to beautiful Persian folk songs of happiness, love and togetherness by Iranian artists on ancient folk instruments, prominent among them the Daph, played beautifully by a Iranian girl from France who was an instant hit with the young Parsi girls in the crowd, as well as many young guys as well!

There were some folk dances as well by pretty maidens in traditional Persian costumes.

The head priest from Iran then addressed the congregation and blessed everyone. And prayed for increasing contact between the two communities at regular intervals. Both in India as well as Iran. Our next such get-together is planned for March on Navroz.

Like all Parsi and indeed Zoroastrian functions, things would have been somewhat incomplete without food! So everyone then moved to the tables laden with snacks, fruits (bananas, apples, mausambi, pomegranate, chikoo), chasni (like prasad), malido (like halwa), and tea and coffee.

A lovely Sunday morning it was, and what struck me was how happy the 100+ Iranian Zoroastrians (as well as many more from countries around the world) looked to be in the cultural and spiritual home of world Zoroastrianism and meeting and interacting with the parent community. A soul refreshing journey for many.

Some photos we took ...

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Ushta te.

@third eye @Sam. @jbgt90 @jamahir @Nilgiri @Agnihotra @Persian Gulf 1906 @zartosht @Cthulhu @Tokhme khar @Sinnerman108 @Gibbs

Cheers, Doc

Very nice to see this. Howsoever minuscule minority and prosecuted group you are, on this holy land of India, you can practice your religion, belief and faith. Even you can create your own. This is a land of Mukti and freedom. Enjoy the way you like friends.

 

[padamchen]

This is a land of Mukti and freedom.

It truly is. And we have all shed a lot of blood to keep it that way and protect that way of life.

Cheers, Doc

 

[HariPrasad]

banned again? too many people keep on getting banned and I don't even know the place where the fight is going on. rip.

True. Some realy knowledgeable people gets banned and those who do not do anything except abuse and nonsense writing have free hand. They opens a thread on how the PDF can be made better.

 

[manga]

In pune where i stay there is big parsi gated society next to me.

Good luck.

 

[padamchen]

In pune where i stay there is big zorostarian gated society next to me.

Good luck.

I'm from Pune too bro.

This took place on NIBM Road. Ahead of Clover Highlands.

Cheers, Doc

 

[manga]

I'm from Pune too bro.

This took place on NIBM Road. Ahead of Clover Highlands.

Cheers, Doc

Okay, i drive through that road often.

There is maneckbai jeejeebhoy society next to where i stay. I am not sure if its even fully occupied, i see some old people coming in and out. Parsi community need to improve its fertility rate seriously.

 

[padamchen]

Okay, i drive through that road often.

There is maneckbai jeejeebhoy society next to where i stay. I am not sure if its even fully occupied, i see some old people coming in and out. Parsi community need to improve its fertility rate seriously.

There is nothing wrong with our fertility.

Its been discussed a long time back on a thread on Parsis on PDF.

These are issues that are a combination of ambition, affluence, old parents, housing, concentration in a couple of metros, and overall interaction opportunities with other Parsis of the same age and the opposite gender.

Eventually, if you do not have a large gene-pool to search within, and are living in the larger society, the chances of getting attracted to a suitable mate who is not a Parsi rise exponentially. Its biological.

And when that kicks in, we lose 50% of our "fertility" ...

Hope that explains in very brief.

Jiyo Parsi is very nice and good and appreciated. But it helps those couples who have already found one another and then have a problem.

The real problem is finding the partner.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Mage]

You have become a full time Zoroastrianism preacher after returning, Doc.