Before the navjote ceremony, these things are the responsibility of parents. One must have the capacity, maturity and training to make responsible choices, and to take responsibility for decision-making and judgments. Traditionally this ceremony is performed at the age of 15, which is considered to be the age of reason or coming of age. Hence it is the “language of god.”Ī child begins wearing the sudreh and the kusti during the initiation ceremony of the navjote (newly born). “Khordeh” means “god” and “Avesta” is an ancient language of the Persians in which the book is written. The simplest good deed is to be kind to all of those that cross your path. It costs nothing to be kind, says the old adage. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness. These prayers are found in the Khordeh Avesta, the daily prayer book of the Zoroastrian faith. Good Deeds Doing good to others is not a duty. The sudreh is put on after a cleansing bath without any prayers, but donning the kusti requires the help of prayers. This sets a binding commitment to the Zoroastrian creed. It is knotted twice, once in the front and once at the back. It is placed around the waist after the sudreh is put on. It is wound around the waist three times to represent the good thoughts, good words and good deeds to be performed by the wearer. It is woven of lamb’s wool and has tassels on both ends. The second item of clothing, the kusti, represents the 72 chapters of one of the holy Zoroastrian books. The fabric has to be clean, and a Zarathusti (another name for a Zoroastrian) wears the sudreh after taking a daily bath. A person wearing it is considered to be the keeper of the pledge to do good (kissaai-karfa). There is a “v” pocket in front called the “giriban.” One has to collect as many good deeds as possible in this giriban. Members of the Zoroastrian faith, one of the world’s oldest religions founded in ancient Persia in the sixth century B.C., wear two special pieces of clothing: a sudreh and a kusti. Members of many different religions wear clothing that is specific to their faith and their patterns of worship.
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