{"id":158722,"date":"2025-07-24T18:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=158722"},"modified":"2025-07-24T18:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:29:27","slug":"ancient-panji-fire-ceremony-in-mazraeh%e2%80%91ye-kalantar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=158722","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Panji Fire Ceremony in Mazraeh\u2011ye\u202fKalantar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zoroastrians of Mazraeh-ye Kalantar honored the ancient Tash\u2011e\u202fBoom ceremony, preserved from the traditional calendar, by lighting the Panji Fire on the rooftops of their homes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At dawn on 15 July 2025 (25 Tir 1404), the blazing Panji Fire illuminated the skies over the Zoroastrian village of Mazraeh\u2011ye\u202fKalantar in Meybod, Yazd. This age\u2011old ceremony is deeply rooted in the heritage of their ancestors. Following beliefs handed down through generations, the villagers light the fire together and join their voices in prayer throughout the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Fragrant offerings are placed on the flames, and a portion of the fire is collected in an Apargoni (fire brazier). A family member then carries it to the fire temple, entrusting it to the Dehmobed\u2014the keeper of the sacred fire\u2014so that it may be placed in the temple\u2019s sanctuary and join the eternal fire. In this way, each household contributes to sustaining the temple\u2019s sacred flame.<\/p>\n

This ancient ceremony spreads joy and strengthens the sense of unity within the community.<\/p>\n

The Panji Fire ceremony concluded in an atmosphere of light and togetherness. It began with Gahanbar\u2011khouni (house\u2011to\u2011house prayers) and continued with sports competitions and lively celebrations.<\/p>\n

The \u201cRooftop Fire and Panji Ceremony of the Zoroastrians\u201d was officially inscribed in March 2022 (Esfand 1400) under number\u202f2468 on Iran\u2019s National Intangible Cultural Heritage list.<\/p>\n

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Zoroastrians of Mazraeh-ye Kalantar honored the ancient Tash\u2011e\u202fBoom ceremony, preserved from the traditional calendar, by lighting the Panji Fire on the rooftops of their homes. At dawn on 15 July 2025 (25 Tir 1404), the blazing Panji Fire illuminated the skies over the Zoroastrian village of Mazraeh\u2011ye\u202fKalantar in Meybod, Yazd. This age\u2011old ceremony is deeply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":158726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[791,1116],"class_list":["post-158722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zoroastrians","tag-mazraeh-ye-kalantar","tag-panji-fire-ceremony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/158726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}