In 1998 I was still working on my Zoroastrian research project and attending meetings and ceremonies. This composite sketch shows, from left to right, a priest reciting from the Avesta, the scriptures of the faith; congregation including a young boy, and a ceremonial festive table. On the table are plates of cookies, candles, symbolic decorations, and a portrait of the Prophet Zarathushtra in a frame. The ladies wear a white scarf at ceremonies, and the gentlemen wear a white cap on their heads similar to the Jewish yarmulke. The occasion of this festival was the Autumn Equinox, a moment where we are now.
Black tech pen on sketchbook page, 5" x 8", October 4, 1998.
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