Tower of Silence
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Dakhme-ye Zartoshtiyān : A tower on a rocky mountain in the southeastern suburbs of Yazd, a city in central Iran. In Persian, it is called "Dakhme-ye Zartoshtiyān" and means a Zoroastrian graveyard. Sky burials were practiced here until around 1930. Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend |
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《Dakhme-ye Zartoshtiyān》イラン中部の都市ヤズドの南東郊の岩山の上にある塔。ペルシア語で「ダフメイェザルトシュティヤーン」と呼ばれ、ゾロアスター教徒の墓場を意味する。1930年頃まで鳥葬が行われていた。
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