More than 500 Zoroastrians from all over Iran attended the gahanbar jashan organized at Damavand on May 17, 2013, notes a write-up by Yasna Yazdani of Amordad newsletter. Organized once a year, this gahanbar symbolizes the victory of good over evil as portrayed through King Fereidoon who succeeded in quashing the evil Zohak instead of killing him. It is only through acts of generosity that evil can be conquered is the prime message of this gahanbar. The principal organizers of the function were Mehrdokht Shahriari and her husband, Mandana Farzanegan, and Shahnaz Ganji and her husband. After the jashan, the gathering partook of the sacred offerings and spent some hours in fraternizing and dancing.
Mobeds and mobedyar lead a jashan at Damavand
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