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[Beijingwalker]

Is that a banned word around these parts ?

I call @Beijingwalker a wumao all the time

Pls let us know if it's a bad/banned tern around here

if it is, I'll stop calling @Beijingwalker a wumao

This should be why you are not a mod.

 

[RescueRanger]

Is that a banned word around these parts ?

I call @Beijingwalker a wumao all the time

Pls let us know if it's a bad/banned tern around here

if it is, I'll stop calling @Beijingwalker a wumao

Please don’t use that term SharmaJi it is disrespectful to Chinese people. I will not tolerate a Pakistani being rude or insulting towards Indian friends here so likewise I don’t want to see anyone use derogatory terms towards Chinese people.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Please don’t use that term SharmaJi it is disrespectful to Chinese people. I will not tolerate a Pakistani being rude or insulting towards Indian friends here so likewise I don’t want to see anyone use derogatory terms towards Chinese people.

solid copy, romeo romeo

sierra juliet out

 

[VCheng]

Did you check out the gem of a post about the moon lander

Yesh.

But oh so predictable.

 

[vsdoc]

Avestan?

How well has the original sound of Avestan been retained by Parsi priesthood would you say? (I have not really looked into this aspect).

Vedic sanskrit I know quite well the tricks of the trade to ensure full unadulterated transmission given the core importance of sruti (given writing had not been invented and inherent sacredness of the sounding, so it had to be kept perfect).

My pop actually has old recording where he is reciting from yajur ved and his grandpa (my great grandpa) still alive at the time (he was in his 90s) scrunching up his face when my dad would get something wrong. (ever so slightly to me, but massive fumble for great grampa).

Till that point that would be something my dad would do with me with my errors while learning/reciting.....I didnt know my dad had mistakes within him too on this.

My great grandpa, that was his livelihood in end....one of the best strict vedic priest of that generation. It was very different time period back then.

Very well.

The same prayers chanted by Iranians have a typical Farsi accent. That is frankly new Arabized Farsi. Post conversion to Islam. You can hear it very clearly in some of the videos posted by the other members that were not from India.

It is very common in group prayer for an Indian Parsi priest to correct an Iranian Zoroastrian mobed. Either in intonation or ritual.

It takes a child (at the age if 7-9) about a year (at least 6 months in a rush) of going to a priest and being taught the basic set of Kusti prayers before the child's Navjote (Iranians call ir Sudreh Pooshi) ceremony. In which it is not just the words but how to say them (pronunciation and cadence, rhythm) that is drilled into the child for life.

The video I shared is made as a trailer for a book by a Hindu author, his and his publisher's idea of how it should sound fir dramatic effect. Hence probably the modern middle eastern touches.

Some authentic Zoroastrian prayer videos ...







Cheers, Doc

 

[vsdoc]

Very well.

The same prayers chanted by Iranians have a typical Farsi accent. That is frankly new Arabized Farsi. Post conversion to Islam. You can hear it very clearly in some of the videos posted by the other members that were not from India.

It is very common in group prayer for an Indian Parsi priest to correct an Iranian Zoroastrian mobed. Either in intonation or ritual.

It takes a child (at the age if 7-9) about a year (at least 6 months in a rush) of going to a priest and being taught the basic set of Kusti prayers before the child's Navjote (Iranians call ir Sudreh Pooshi) ceremony. In which it is not just the words but how to say them (pronunciation and cadence, rhythm) that is drilled into the child for life.

The video I shared is made as a trailer for a book by a Hindu author, his and his publisher's idea of how it should sound fir dramatic effect. Hence probably the modern middle eastern touches.

Some authentic Zoroastrian prayer videos ...







Cheers, Doc

@Guru Dutt @Sharma Ji @indushek @Joe Shearer @Cryptonian @JaneBhiDoYaaron @pikkuboss @Guynextdoor @onlinpunit @VersusChristi @hembo

 

[vsdoc]

Very well.

The same prayers chanted by Iranians have a typical Farsi accent. That is frankly new Arabized Farsi. Post conversion to Islam. You can hear it very clearly in some of the videos posted by the other members that were not from India.

It is very common in group prayer for an Indian Parsi priest to correct an Iranian Zoroastrian mobed. Either in intonation or ritual.

It takes a child (at the age if 7-9) about a year (at least 6 months in a rush) of going to a priest and being taught the basic set of Kusti prayers before the child's Navjote (Iranians call ir Sudreh Pooshi) ceremony. In which it is not just the words but how to say them (pronunciation and cadence, rhythm) that is drilled into the child for life.

The video I shared is made as a trailer for a book by a Hindu author, his and his publisher's idea of how it should sound fir dramatic effect. Hence probably the modern middle eastern touches.

Some authentic Zoroastrian prayer videos ...







Cheers, Doc

@Sam. yaad karo apne purvaj.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Guru Dutt]

Very well.

The same prayers chanted by Iranians have a typical Farsi accent. That is frankly new Arabized Farsi. Post conversion to Islam. You can hear it very clearly in some of the videos posted by the other members that were not from India.

It is very common in group prayer for an Indian Parsi priest to correct an Iranian Zoroastrian mobed. Either in intonation or ritual.

It takes a child (at the age if 7-9) about a year (at least 6 months in a rush) of going to a priest and being taught the basic set of Kusti prayers before the child's Navjote (Iranians call ir Sudreh Pooshi) ceremony. In which it is not just the words but how to say them (pronunciation and cadence, rhythm) that is drilled into the child for life.

The video I shared is made as a trailer for a book by a Hindu author, his and his publisher's idea of how it should sound fir dramatic effect. Hence probably the modern middle eastern touches.

Some authentic Zoroastrian prayer videos ...







Cheers, Doc

well its look way way too identical to sanskrit shlokas as chanted in many tempels

 

[vsdoc]

well its look way way too identical to sanskrit shlokas as chanted in many tempels

Exactly.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Sharma Ji]

Fascinating, @vsdoc ji

Wish I had some IRL Parsis to learn from too, and who would invite me to their feasts

Similarities toh hain, but.. apun ke traditions and related Pooja path prakriyas m. Surya, Agni are big running themes around our lore too.

Ekdum fit baithey ho, idhar hum dharmion ke beech.

 

[vsdoc]

Fascinating, @vsdoc ji

Wish I had some IRL Parsis to learn from too, and who would invite me to their feasts

Similarities toh hain, but.. apun ke traditions and related Pooja path prakriyas m. Surya, Agni are big running themes around our lore too.

Ekdum fit baithey ho, idhar hum dharmion ke beech.

Obviously.

Thats why the clergy and priesthood chose India.

While the royalty fled to and settled for a few generations in China.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Sharma Ji]

Obviously.

Thats why the clergy and priesthood chose India.

While the royalty fled to and settled for a few generations in China.

Cheers, Doc

Is there a good read out there, detailing the Zoro exodus from Persia ?

I'd love to learn more than from just the open source wikis etc.

 

[vsdoc]

Is there a good read out there, detailing the Zoro exodus from Persia ?

I'd love to learn more than from just the open source wikis etc.

In the old forum. Full thread.

Went down with the mother ship.

Will do some deep sea diving.

Cheers, Doc

 

[r3alist]

Very interesting to flick through this thread, minus the last few pages.

 

[vsdoc]

Very interesting to flick through this thread, minus the last few pages.

Till @Waz and @Mr X realise the harm some rogue mods are doing by their baiting, soft trolling, double teaming and newly offered dick waving, sharpening their little nunnu axes and given free institutional rein to exercise their personal biases, with old hands leaving, and good free flowing debate within the rules being stilted and choked, and have a serious talk-down to them or divest them of powers they clearly cannot handle, the Whatever thread will be where we can have a good discussion on any topic, free ranging, till we are forced to leave as well.

@Musings

Cheers, Doc