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Some old pictures from ceremonies.
Friday 13 June 2003, by Raham ASHA
- {Shabîg}
- A young Parsi boy wearing the Shabîg (or Sudra) receives the kustîg
(after Menant, D.: Les Parsis; 1, Paris, 1898)
- Investiture of the {Kustîg}
- (after Karaka, Dosabhai F.: History of the Parsis including their manners, customs, religion and present position, London, 1884)
- Investiture of the {Kustîg}
- (after J. Bhownagary)
- Investiture of the {Kustîg}
- (after J. Bhownagary)
- Weaving of the {Kustîg}
- The simple tension loom employed in India for weaving the Kustîg (after Menant).
- {Navjote} ceremony
- In Dodoma in Tanganyika (now called Tanzania) in East Africa.
The date was 16th March 1957.
Cyrus Keeka is on the left with Mobed Darupshah Dhabha Xerxes is on the right with Mobed Rustomji Sidhwa. Both Mobeds came from the Zanzibar Fire Temple.
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