#mobed

[nuancedcreation]

Rituals and Symbolism: Parsis in Gujarat

From: In memory of Greater Iran: Zoroastrians of Navsari Photography and captions: Sarah Jabbari Source: Sahapedia

" 'God is one' is a common idea among Parsis of India, therefore religious icons from non-Zoroastrian religions are also kept in their house and workplace. A sticker of Farre Kiyani (top) share space with Laskhmi (bottom), the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity. The symbol of Farre Kiyani (also referred to as ‘Fravahar’ in Iran and India) is a depiction of divine protection of God on people through the wise righteous king. The symbol is very ancient and has been represented in the art of the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BCE) and is widely used as a symbol of national identity among modern Iranian people and symbol of religious identity among Parsis of India."

"Mobed Ayush Sharukh Desai offering prayers as part of his initiation to priesthood. Sharukh is from the Desai family of priests, who occupy a high status in the Parsi society at Navsari. The fire-holder in which the sacred fire is held is called Afargan, and it must be placed on a marble stone. Sandalwood is usually burnt in the Afargan and a small diya is also lit next to it. During the ceremony, priests cover their mouth to avoid contamination of the fire. Even the hair must be entirely covered by wearing a turban or a skull cap, because in Zoroastrianism, fallen hair is considered impure."

"Priests doing the Jashan ceremony at the house of Mrs Keshmira, for blessings of the family members. The word Jashan is a latter form of the word ‘yasna’ which means veneration. Jashan is a simple ceremony, can be held on any day of the year. In this ritual, Ahura Mazda, the Fravashis, Daham Yazad and Sarosh Yazad are invoked by the recitation of certain prayers. Participation in a Jashan ritual by Zoroastrians is considered as an act of great merit."

"The marriage union is called Payvand-e-Zanshooi, meaning the union of matrimony. A couple of Zoroastrian priest, one from the bride’s side and one from the groom’s side, perform the rituals on the day of the wedding. The priests face the couple, and family members form a circle around them while Avesta prayers are recited and rice thrown on the couple. All participants must be standing during the ceremony which takes about one hour, and all heads must be covered. Non-Zoroastrian or a Parsi without sudra and kushti or without hair covering are not allowed to stand in the circle."The marriage union is called Payvand-e-Zanshooi, meaning the union of matrimony. A couple of Zoroastrian priest, one from the bride’s side and one from the groom’s side, perform the rituals on the day of the wedding. The priests face the couple, and family members form a circle around them while Avesta prayers are recited and rice thrown on the couple. All participants must be standing during the ceremony which takes about one hour, and all heads must be covered. Non-Zoroastrian or a Parsi without sudra and kushti or without hair covering are not allowed to stand in the circle."

"The white bull is considered a sacred animal in Zoroastrianism; in Gujarati it is called Varasyaji. The bull is kept at the Doongerwadi because the urine (Taro) of this virgin bull is used in ritual cleansing of the dead body during funerary rites. The Varasyaji is an albino, hence very rare to find. The bull must be completely white, without even one black hair. Even the eye lashes and tail hair is white. According to Zoroastrian mythology, Varasyaji is a representation of Gava-ayok-daat, which is the first animal created by Ahura Mazda. It got killed by the Devil, Ahreeman, but many other animals, plants and minerals were created out of its dead body. It is born as the Pesh Ruwan (spiritual leader) of the animal kingdom."

"Wearing the sudra and kushti is an essential part of the daily lives for Zoroastrians. Wearing the Sudra is believed to offer protection from evil. This act of untying and tying the kushti is supposed to be done five times (though not every kushti wearer sticks to that number) in a day and the act is called Nirang-i-Kushti. Here, Mr Kersi Patel is at his daily prayer performing Nirang-i-Kushti. When doing the prayer, he unties the kushti from around his waist and holds it up in both hands, the strand doubled over, and lifts it to touch the forehead and eyes."

[nibbelraz]

Here's to a New Year where we actually communicate 🥂

[itscherryterry-again]

you better get to your knees (and bark like you want it)

[bytedykes]

really funny to think about pidw mobing actually can u imagine ur boss comes back from his interdimensional field trip and is like alright ive gleaned the key to achieving true happiness: i need to fuck men. and then the camera slowly pans to you

[kesopan]

luo binghe being carried like a toddler by mobei jun

not his first rodeo..

[ineffectualdemon]

Would they actually have kids: SVSSS

(and would they be good parents)

Bingqiu: wouldn't have a kid but in the unlikely event that they did have a kid it would be on accident and it would be left with Yue Qingyuan to "look after for a bit" so much that the kid would think Yue Qingyuan was their dad. They would love it in a vague way but also be too involved in each other. Kid would be happy with Yue Qingyuan though

Moshang: probably does have a kid at some point for succession reasons. They would probably be fairly decent parents but it would be a struggle at times. They love the kid but both would have problems expressing it. The kid would adapt well however because they would try the best they could. Hypocritically Shen Qingqiu would spoil the shit out of the kid. He adores playing Cool Uncle

Liushen: again wouldn't have kids but then they also wouldn't have sex. It would never occur to them to. If a kid did happen they wouldn't know what to do with it

Bingliushen: absolutely not

Qijiu: are you fucking kidding me!?!!

LiuJiu: this is an even worse idea somehow

BingJiu: this would go so horribly it would some how end the world. Dear god

Liu Mingyan and Sha Hualing: they have like 6 kids and they are excellent mums to a gaggle of unruly children. They often bite Liu Qingge

Cumplane: no because they can't take care of themselves much less a baby. If they did have a baby they would lose it within an hour

Mobing: yes. Again to secure dynasty and all that. They would be emotionally unavailable but not actively abusive fathers. There would have been a lot of nanny's involved

Liu Qingge and Shang Qinghua: paradoxically I think they would adopt a child and actually make really good parents weirdly. It would be challenging but I think they would do a good job

[rablunt]

it will be now and forever funny that cumplane ended up marrying fantasy versions of each other. like fuck can you imagine marrying the self insert of your arch-rival but it actually has to be chill because the guy he married is literally also just the xianxia ice demon version of you WHO YOUR SEMI-DIEFIC RIVAL MADE EXPLICITLY AS HIS DREAM MAN and both of you will be in denial of this fact forever

[mccromy]

I've been thinking we should've just used Cucumber in any ship name that has SY in it, like with the classic Cumplane and the less known Scumcum (better known as Jiuyuan).

In that line, I bring forth a few ideas for the main ship: Cumgee (as a nod to the first meal LBH made for SQQ), or perhaps we could use LBH's own name: Cumriver. Icycum. Cumcicle. (Though that last one could apply to the crack ship of MBJ/SQQ.)

Anyways I'm open to suggestions.

[sammis-svsss-brainrot]

Thinking about Bingqiumoshang... Bingqiu and Moshang as romantic pairings, Cumplane and... Mobing as QPRs and then LBH and SQH have a weird friendship dynamic thing like SY and MBJ do...

I can really only see this working in some sort of Modern AU rather than a canon divergent sort of AU but the dynamics would be interesting to me...

[batfiend]

feeling disconnected

[incorrectly-quoting-mxtx]

In a world filled with fuck or die plants, there’s no way in hell that Luo Bingge and the og Mobei Jun didn’t fuck at least once.

[levia-san]

Recently I found this old art I made for roleplaying being a fujo, while making up fake PIDW excerpts to intuit qijiu from PIDW. It was lots of fun, I hope I can find time to do it again in the future maybe.

(I did have an update ready but my laptop crashed while typing and I never recovered from that loss...)

I do remember the update starting like

"Hello my fellow sisters and brothers! I'm sorry for being MIA so long, I got into a car accident and was in a several month coma. ꃋᴖꃋ (。﹏。*)

Before continuing to some new fake 100 word fake PIDW excerpt that totally hints qijiu, trust me bro fkdjskdlkjwasd alas its lost forever forever mourining the loss

[themolluscasometimes]

Guys do you think pidw!lmy writes mobing rpf

Listwn listen losten theres so much parallelism between sqq and bingge ok. Like. Theyre both mega loyal but theyre also stupendously bitter and cruel teaumatised people who will abuse the fuck outta their enemies. They both feel more comfy with women, as shown by sqq and the warm red pavillion, and bingge and his harem. They both HATE men and have only 1 man by their side, in their confidence, and even then the trust there isnt complete and the relationship isnt one of friendship but moreso of loyalty in absentia of intimacy and true care. BUT. Yqy and sqq are so super mega not fucking normal about each other and if you take this to its logical fujo conclusion this means mobing

ANYWAY DO YOU THINK PIDW!LMY WRITES RPF ABOYT HER HUSBAND AND HIS LOYAL RIGHT HAND MAN, THE ONLY MAN HE DOESNT IMMEDIATELY WANT TO EVISCERATE ON SIGHT???????

[m0owu]

if someone doesn't write moshang, but sqh transmigrated into Luo Binghe, then I will.

/if you want to, you can use this concept, but text me about it and send a link, I beg you 🙏

[ineffectualdemon]

I fundamentally think SVSSS Mobing would be bad because they just aren't into each other (unlike PIDW Mobing who are the definition of dirty sex and homoeroticism through violence)

But like on a technical level the sex is good because they are actually very physically compatible. It's just rank on the emotional level and the fact that's good on the physical level would send both parties into mental anguish about how they are so bad at fucking their human partners in comparison

So it's bad but only because they are drama queens hung up on other people. It's actually the most physically satisfying fuck they've ever had and it destroys them mentally in the not fun way and they never fuck again

Meanwhile Cumplane fucking is just bad all round. They are the polar opposite of "physically compatible"

They yell

They don't do enough prep

They insult each other

Someone uses too much teeth

It's awkward

They have to do the weird bed shuffle because they almost fell off the bed

They both get injuried in very embarrassing ways and they end up at a hospital and no one nutted at all

Everyone is miserable

They try again almost immediately and it's just as bad but they end up getting walked in on at the hospital already angrily making out again

It's embarrassing to watch and always unsatisfying

Who would Shang Qinghua and Shen Qingqiu be sexually compatible with?

They do learn how to be compatible with their husbands through practice sure but first time out the gate?

1. Shen Qingqiu and Liu Qingge would be actually very compatible if having sex ever occurred to them. It would be very sweet and slow and romantic and happen once in a blue moon

2. Shang Qinghua and Mu Qingfang. The doctor would explore so many kinks with a very happy Shang Qinghua. Calm that mind right down with sub space and top notch after care