Milestones
Death
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- Upon a Zoroastrian persons death, their family watches over their body for 3 days, and mourns them
- After this period is done, the body is taken to what is called the 'dukhma' or 'The Tower of All Silence' (A large, round tower made of brick and stone where dead bodies are placed)
- A body is taken to the dukhma for it to be under the illumination of the sun and to be eaten by the scavenging birds, who are believed in Zoroastrianism to be created for that one specific reason
- Disposals in the dukhma are currently only practiced in India (on a broader scale) due to their prevailing Zoroastrian belief of the sanctity of the elements, which forbids them of throwing dead bodies into the water, buried in earth or burnt after death, and the belief that we are all equal
- Other cultures find this practice unsuitable for the world today, since the rate of deaths cannot be caught by the consumption of the scavenging birds
- After the flesh of the body is gone, the body is then taken to a well built in the middle of the dukhma
- Funeral services to the body are done within a four day period
- prior to the bodies disposal, they are washed, dressed in a sudreh (check practices), and the kusti is tied and untied more than once a day during those 4 days of funeral services
- Today, the dead body is sometimes cremated before being disposed in the dukhma
A Dukhma
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