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The kushti[a] (/ˈkuːʃtiː/) also known as kosti, kusti and kustig is the sacred girdle worn by invested Zoroastrians around their waists. Along with the sedreh, the kushti is part of the ritual dress of the Zoroastrians.[1][2]
The kushti is worn wound three times around the waist. It is tied twice in a double knot in the front and back, the ends of the kushti hanging on the back. The kushti is made of 72 fine, white and woolen threads, which represent the 72 chapters of the Yasna, the primary liturgical collection of texts of the Avesta.[5] The kushti also has 3 tassels, each with 24 threads, at each end. These 24 threads indicate the 24 chapters of the Visperad, and the sum of all tassels, which is six, represents the six gahambars (feasts).[6]
The kushti, was often considered to be a marker of Zoroastrian identity both in India and Iran, as this passage from the Rivayats shows. In these writings, the terms Iranian and Zoroastrian are synonymous, and Zoroastrian writers did not recognise their non-Zoroastrian fellow countrymen as Iranians until the 20th century.[7]
In both Iran and India, the kushti is usually produced by women from priestly duties. It has a dual function of a religious duty but also a necessity to augment the modest income of Zoroastrian clergy. Occasionally kustis, were woven by priests (mobads) themselves, though this is now exceedingly uncommon. Since the 1920s, non-priestly (behdin) Zoroastrian women in Yazd province in Iran, were trained in the procedure of weaving the kushti.[4]
When the kusti is about 30 cm long during the weaving process, it is taken off the loom and presented to the priest to be blessed and cut. The kusti is given back to the weavers once the ceremony is over so they can finish knitting the remaining portion.[6]
In keeping with Zoroastrian philosophy exalting happiness, the process of weaving the kushti is a joyous activity during which the women sing songs, laugh and share stories, both religious and secular.[4]
The ritual of untying and tying the kushti is performed several times a day and is called nirang-i kushti.[9] During this ritual, the individual must remain standing in one spot, and may not speak to anyone. If the individual speaks, the ritual must be started again from the beginning.[citation needed]
Owing to its religious significance, the kushti must be worn every day of a Zoroastrian's life. The kushti must be ritually untied and retied with specific prayers following the pādyāb purificatory ablution. This ceremony, known as the pādyāb-kusti, entails "making new the holy cord" (Pers. košti nav kardan) or "tying the holy cord" (Guj. kustī bastan).[4]
The devotee should look to the east from dawn to midday and west until sunset, (toward the sun) whilst untying and tying the kushti. They can face an oil lamp, a fire, the moon, or stars at nighttime. When there is no source of light, they may face south, as it is believed to be the direction of Ahura Mazda's celestial home. Three sections make up the prayers that are recited during the ritual.[4]
The padyab-kusht ceremony is required to restore the ritual effectiveness of the kusht before engaging in other religious activities like visiting a fire temple, as well as following sexual activity, urinating, and defecating. At the start of the other watches or divisions (MPers. and Pers. gh) of the day, it is untied and retied each morning. Most Parsis, especially those who reside in Western nations, continue to wear the kusht on a regular basis; Iranian Zoroastrians frequently wear it just during religious ceremonies to avoid being picked out for abuse by Muslims.[4]
The Kusti is carried in the hand at funerals to create a paywand or "ritual connection" between two people, such as corpse-bearers, who hold the kusti between them, while the Zoroastrian mourners, also in similar paywand, follow them in procession.[4]
There is some evidence to suggest that such girdles were worn by non-Muslims in general, including Christians, as a symbol to mark them out from Muslims.[10] An exception to this would be the Muslim Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great, who was invested with a kusti and sedreh by the Zoroastrian Parsi community of Gujarat.[11]
I was planning on writing all of these posts as chronological installments of my trip, and have been meaning to write one focusing on the past few days since my last post (which you should probably read if you have absolutely nothing to do right now, or a ton of stuff you need to do but want to procrastinate). However, this morning totally thew a wrench into those plans. When I came to India, I had three goals (apart from visiting all the standard historical sites and attractions) that I wanted to check off my bucket list. 1) To wrestle the traditional kushti style at an Akhara 2) to experience an Indian wedding 3) to ride an elephant. Well, four goals if you want to count 'not getting "Delhi Belly" and shitting my brains out' as a goal. Anyway, thanks to Apoorva and the marriage of her friends Sahil and Devika, the wedding was checked off on the first weekend! The elephant ride still remains to be put in motion. The wrestling though, perhaps the thing I wanted to try the most, has officially been checked!
They directed us to the guru, or leader of the akhara who told me to go change in the building. I walked in and found a large empty room with a few more people, a bench press, a few other old pieces of weightroom equipment, and a table (really just a stack of some type of gym class lookin mats). I stripped down to my Under Armour compression shorts and t shirt as the guy kept motioning for me to take more clothes off. Then I went outside and they told me to warm up, so I ran around the yard for a while and stretched. Then they brought out this other powerful but not very lean looking fellow and pointed to the center of the pit.
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Indian traditional wrestlers or Pehelvans doing their daily exercise on mud arena at Guru Hanuman Akhara in Delhi. Kushti is a Indian traditonal mud wrestling which has been a part of Indian history as a sport.
Film credits: The teaching resources to accompany the film were developed in partnership with the Minority Communities Achievement Service at Kent County Council. The film was made in conjunction with a local company, Open Productions.
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My vision was to document the traditional ways of training in India, and at the same time, record mace flows at beautiful sights. In this way, people would see a blend of traditional and modern mace training, which is my passion. I will share a few of the highlights from my trip to India.
Having connections with the police is never a bad thing in India, as I discovered during my stay in Kanpur. I arrived in Kanpur on a Sunday after a full day of driving. In a hurry to visit an Akhara (they usually close at sunset), I asked a police officer if he knew an Akhara. He sent one of his policemen with me to find one. After a long search, we gave up; no Akharas were open on Sundays. He told me that he would meet me in the morning to find Akharas.
He met up with me at 7 am and we found several Akharas where he would help me translate and document. This police officer was also head of security for the JK temple in Kanpur. I met him in the afternoon and he gave me permission to film a mace flow in front of the temple, which would usually not be permitted.
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