Lofani/Dokhrani (ritual meal for the dead): Lay Mandaeans in Iran (unedited clips and photographs)
Lofani/Dokhrani
Lay Mandaeans in Iran perform the Lofani ritual. Recorded by Marta Marsano within the Ahvaz community.
Marta Marsano
Marta Marsano
March 2018
Images: Marta Marsano
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKB9YThZhTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8cLfPLMJ9Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVkJjFIH-w
Persian
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Iran
Ahvaz 2015: Parwanaya festival (days unspecified) Part 1
Images from Panja festival in Iran
Photographs include Masbuta, Rishama
Yuhana Nashmi
Ganzibra Najah Choheili, Ganzibra Taleb Doraji, Tarmida Sam Zahrooni, Tarmida Behram Khafajy, Tarmida Peyam Jizan
March 2015
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JPG files
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Iran
Album: Gold and silver: Ganzibra Taleb Doraji's shop, Ahvaz, Iran
Ganzibra Taleb at work, and the jewellery he makes
Yuhana Nashmi
Ganzibra Taleb Doraji
March 2015
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JPG
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Iran
Tarmida Behram Khafajy: photo album
Behram Khafajy
Stills of Tarmida Behram Ahvaz in Iran, March 2014. The Tarmida is performing various rituals in the river Karun and at home.
Yuhana Nashmi
Tarmida Behram
March 2015
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13 x JPG images
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Iran
Rishamma Salah Choheili: July 2016, Chapter 3
Salah Choheili
The Mandaean Community: The Iran-Iraq war, the current situation and the future; Rishamma Salah’s message to young Mandaeans and to Westerners
Christine Allison
July 2016
Interview: Christine Allison; Camera: Ian Robins; Translation: Yuhana Nashmi
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI9N9JR7tFw
Arabic (English subtitles)
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Rishamma Salah Choheili: July 2016, Chapter 2
Salah Choheili
Chapter 2: The Priestly Hierarchy and My Path to the Priesthood
Christine Allison
July 2016
Interview: Christine Allison; Camera: Ian Robins; Translation: Yuhana Nashmi
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stOdSSwNTi0
Arabic (English subtitles)
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Ganzibra Taleb Doraji, April 2015
Taleb Doraji
Ganzibra Talib Doraji, goldsmith, speaks in his shop in Ahvaz, Iran, about his work
Yuhana Nashmi
Yiannis Kanakis
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https://youtu.be/LJzy2mCD8sYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJzy2mCD8sY
Arabic (English subtitles)
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