The ritual is held annually on 12 Mordad (5th month of the Persian Calendar starting on March 21) August 3. The ritual lasts for five straight days with the Iranian and other countries’ Zoroastrians attending the ceremonial.
The custodian of the Zoroastrian temple of Mehriz said that in the Zoroastrian calendar each day is given an special title.
During the ritual attendees prayed for the dignity of the Islamic Republic of Iran and paid tribute to the Zoroastrian martyrs of the sacred defense of 1980-1988.
At the ceremonial newly married couples are introduced to the others. The temple is placed at a mountain hillside Bornaki and Zoroastrian ceremonials are held there with thousands of Zoroasterians attending.
Yazd is a desert province 644 KM south east of Tehran and 5,000 – out of 150,000 Zoroastrians of the world – are living there and own several temples.
Zoroaster also known as Zarathustra was the founder of Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrians believe he was sent as messenger of God at 33 in Iran 3,600 BC and was killed in Balkh at 77.
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