Dokhma, a photo from Yazd, East

Photographer's Note

Zoroaster's Dokhma or Tower of Silence :
Keyword Dokhma
Dokhma word meanings in different Academies, like many basement dead, house basement for the dead, graves and cemeteries are Zoroastrians.
15 km southeast of Yazd and Sfayyh around the region, the tall mountain precipitation and low mountains known as Dokhma, two circular stone building with a tower like hollow space is located in the cellar or the court is known as Zoroastrians. Older one called Mankjy Hatrya and another that is newer is the name of the famous Golestan Qajar period is related . Golestan cellar 25 meters in diameter and height of the wall is 6 meters from the surface of the hill. Mankjy cellar also has a diameter of 15 meters.
( يزد - دخمه زرتشتيان )

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pauloog (11751) 2010-05-13 9:14

Hello Mehrdad,
A most interesting view, well explained in your note and well brought from a distance in uniform colour tones with the people provididng scale.
Regards,
Paul

dawekato (2269) 2010-05-13 9:20

Interesting location. Your POV shows the buildings in the flat, desert landscape. The monochromatic beige landscape creates an eerie yet stylish composition. I didn't get whether these buildings are still in use and what for. They look like ruins. TFS