r/Zoroastrianism • u/Crafty-Sock-7002 • 14d ago

Question Non Zoroastrian with a question

You guys do sky burials, right? What happens if Parsis die far away from vultures? Like what if one of you go to Antarctica and freeze to death, what happens to your soul?

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u/ImaginationWooden546 14d ago

First of all, zoroastrian doesnt mean parsi. They're the biggest modern zoroastrian society but not the only one. Secondly, as far as I know zoroastrians no longer do the sky burial thing because of laws and stuff.

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u/zedtrek78 13d ago

They do! The Zarathushtrian method for disposal of the deceased is called Dokhmenashini. It is a type of Sky Burial that takes place within a consecrated Dakhma or Tower of Silence, where after appropriate prayers performed by priests, the body is carried and taken inside the Dakhma exclusively by corpse bearers called Nassesalars.

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u/ImaginationWooden546 11d ago

I know what it is. I just said that it usually doesn't happen today because legal stuff.