Towers of silence in Yazd Iran

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tour du silence Yazd
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We visited this wonderful country in 2018. These impressive towers are no longer used. Open-air cemeteries, the bodies were once deposited there …

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Hello @Anino ,

Thanks for sharing your photo. How was your trip to Iran? What else did you see?

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Sounds interesting @Anino . What is an open-air cemetery?

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In ancient times, the Zoroastrians did not bury the bodies of their deceased, but exposed them on these sacred towers so that they were devoured by vultures, and thus returned to life without defiling the earth.

Temple du feu sacré dédié à Zarathoustra
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Zoroastrianism is still practiced in the Yadz region.

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:blush: Hi @Anino thank you for your nice photos and shared materials… And perfect explanations about ancient traditions

:+1: :pray: :blush:

I am an Iranian, and it seems you know my country better than me :smiley:

I appreciate your interest about Iran and if you let me, I would like to ask how many times you have visited Iran?

Do you have any connection to Iran, or just you like to know about historical countries?

Thank you in advanced and best wishes :pray: :blush: :+1:

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@Navid_Ebdaei Hello !

Thanks for your comment. We visited your beautifull country in 2018 mai , with a small french group (8). I hope to return as soon as possible ! I visited Uzbekistan twice, and wished to see Iran, (It was for long the same country was’nt it?) We were surprised by the warm Iranese hospitality. Now, I have three correspondents in Iran on Whatsapp. You can load and read the narration of the journey on my blog anino.fr. The tour operator is French and Iranese. It was so beautifull ! Merci ! Au revoir !

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:blush: @Anino thank you for your reply and nice words about my country :blush: :+1: :pray: I am very happy that you and your friends could have an exciting time and enjoyable moments in Iran, yes you are right, mostly you can consider Iranian people as welcoming and warm people :blush: :+1: :pray: as I mentioned before your knowledge about Iran is better than me :sweat_smile: :sweat_smile: :sweat_smile: yes ,not only Uzbekistan but also Tajikistan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, some parts of Turkey and Europe were part of Iran for long time , …but it was for very old days …at the same time still they have lots of similarities in their cultures , traditions and foods… the best example for this, is theNowruz that we celebrate annually :blush: :+1: :pray:
I hope your next trip will be as exciting as the first one, also I will be ready to help you as much as I can :blush: :+1: :pray: Finally , for sure , I will go and read your blog, It should be wonderful :blush: :+1: :pray:

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@Navid_Ebdaei Thank you for your reply ! So, I have to visit also Armenia, Tadjikistan and Pakistan ! But first, when this old virus will be eradicated, I have to return to Tehran. In 2018, it was the end of Nowruz, and all the museums were closed !

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@Anino yes…right now all museums are closed and there are nothing opportunity to visit…and it is wise decision that you postponed your visit for better time :blush: :+1: :pray: