Summary Kefah is in a desolate part of Iran, to meet the dwindling last community of Zoroastrians in the city of Yazd and surrounding villages, but finds their quarters are dying out and Muslims move into abandoned real estate. This Ancient paganism from the Achaemenid Empire preserves some of its traditions, as far as Islamic rules permit, in its own schools with rites at fire temples and even their own basketball teams, but abandons traditions like corpse exposure to vultures on funeral tower in favor of quasi-Islamic burial, but new generations either emigrate or modernize and care less for traditions, so their heritage is virtually facing slow extinction.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Kefah Allush
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Aug 15, 2017
Countries of origin : Netherlands
Language : Dutch
Summary Kefah is in a desolate part of Iran, to meet the dwindling last community of Zoroastrians in the city of Yazd and surrounding villages, but finds their quarters are dying out and Muslims move into abandoned real estate. This Ancient paganism from the Achaemenid Empire preserves some of its traditions, as far as Islamic rules permit, in its own schools with rites at fire temples and even their own basketball teams, but abandons traditions like corpse exposure to vultures on funeral tower in favor of quasi-Islamic burial, but new generations either emigrate or modernize and care less for traditions, so their heritage is virtually facing slow extinction.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Aug 15, 2017
Countries of origin : Netherlands
Language : Dutch
