Question
During this holiday, a mix of nuts and dried fruit called haft mewa is created. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this holiday, on which Rapithwina is considered to have returned from underground. A bull meat stew called chon kedje is created for this holiday.
ANSWER: Nowruz [or No-ruz or Novruz or Navruz or Nooruz or Nevruz or Nauryz or Jamshed-e-Navroz; prompt on Persian New Year or Iranian New Year or Afghan New Year or Kyrgyz New Year]
[10e] Nowruz is partially derived from this religion practiced by India’s Parsi community. This religion, named for a Persian prophet, believes in the existence of the evil Ahriman and the righteous deity Ahura Mazda.
ANSWER: Zoroastrianism [or Zarathustrianism or Zarathushti; prompt on Mazdaism; prompt on Parsiism]
[10m] The diclofenac-induced deaths of vultures in India has threatened the Parsi community’s ability to dispose of their dead in these structures, where bodies are laid in rings and eaten by scavengers.
ANSWER: Tower of Silence [or Towers of Silence or dakhma or
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 67% | 22% |