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CHAPTER III.

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.

  • Parsee population in India
  • How dispersed
  • Sects among the Parsees
  • Causes which led to the division
  • Domestic life of a Parsee family
  • Birth of a child
  • Consultation with the Astrologer as to the fortunes of the infant
  • Naming of children
  • Dress of a child
  • Its baptism into Zoroastrianism
  • Investiture of the Sudra and Kusti
  • Home and outdoor costume of a Parsee
  • Appearance and dress of females
  • Mode of living
  • Nature of food used by them
  • Mode of eating
  • Occasions for entertainments
  • Position of Parsee women
  • Marriage festivities
  • Mode of betrothal
  • Wedding and other ceremonies
  • Freedom of remarriage
  • Prohibition of bigamy
  • Rules regulating bigamy in certain cases
  • Funeral ceremonies
  • Mode of disposing of the dead bodies.

The numerical strength of the followers of Zoroaster at the present day does not exceed 150,000 persons, including the Parsees of Persia. The greater number is found in Bombay, and in some of the cities of Gujerat, a province 200 miles to the north of that city. Parsees have also settled for the purposes of trade in Calcutta, and in other cities

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