Nowruz in Tajikistan

1376 Y (2007) official celbrations

A foto reportage from the official celebrations of the Nowruz in Dushanbeh.

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India moustaches “face the chop”

...and Dharma. A lot of Hindu priests don’t shave as a sign of purity, but it depends on the followed Dharma. A moustache is regarded a sign of evil and just two original idols, which are seen as bad, wear them. Most Yoga practioners keep their beards, as well as Shaivite ascetics. The latter are not allowed to own anything, also not a razor. The Sikhs believe that the beards and hair in general is given by god. God created the male body with hair, thus it is against his will to remove it.

1: Ahriman playing in The Legacy of Ogma-740
2: Monist thinking-741
3: پشتیبانی از پری صفاری-742
4: Progressist-lit: The Tajiks in the Mirror of History-743
5: Défense de la Perse antique -745
6: Travels in Iran-746
7: Medieval Armenian Architecture-747
8: An Introduction to Astrology-748
9: ایزدان ِ زن ِ ایرانی-749
10: Persans et Américains-750
11: Saveurs assassines-751
12: مرگ‌پرستان-752
13: ایران پیش از اسلام در گرو جمهوری اسلامی-753
14: Scythes, Sarmates et Slaves-754
15: Bombay Duck-755
16: Noruznâma-757
17: Sudreh and Kosti-758
18: At home amongst the Zoroastrians-759
19: Les fumerolles du Damavand-760
20: Mer Caspienne : perspectives iraniennes-761
21: Recreating Persian Empire-762
22: Zoroastrian College work-763
23: Samhain: The Celtic Roots of Hallowe’en-764
24: When Zarathustra Spoke-765
25: Save Bahrot Caves-766
26: Ainsi vont les enfants de Zarathoustra-768
27: نامۀ جمال زاده به امير مهدى بديع - ۲۹ نوامبر ۱۹۶۱-769
28: Fathullah Shirazi-770
29: Subhas Chandra Bose-771
30: Soviet Union and Moslem East-772
31: من، آریائیم!-773
32: Iraq: invasion, bombs, gas – we’ve been here before-774