7th Anniversary of the Zoroastrian House – 22nd April 2018.
Our beloved Zoroastrian House celebrated its 7th anniversary on the auspicious day of Adar-Mahino , Adar-Roj (22nd April). It was a morning of tradition, culture and fun in true Parsipanu style!
The morning began with a Jashan where Er.Percy Khambatta, Er.Zubin Dastoor, Er. Adil Antia and our young lads Er. Demavand Sethna and Er. Ayaan Rumy Kanga provided a wonderful prayer service.
The prayer was followed with traditional serving of chasni and homemade ravo and malido prepared specially for the occasion.
The gathering was honoured by a fascinating talk by Mr. Dorab Mistry. In the world of business, Mr. Mistry is renowned for his expertise in the field of Palm Oil. But to the community he has spent years of tireless service as first a member and then nearly a decade as the President of the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe.
The narration of the ZTFE story provided a refreshing reminder to our young minds of the rich heritage and culture that has helped build the proud reputation that Zoroastrians hold today. And reinforced that the virtues of hard work, humility and benevolence are core values of our community – ones that we all should strive to pass on to our future generations.
After Mr. Mistry stirred up audiences’ intellectual appetite it was time for our most beloved tradition of all – Jamva Chalo Ji!! An absolutely delicious Dhandar and mouth watering Sali-Boti was put together by our in-house masterchef Mr. Freddy Bavaadam for over a 125 people. Especial Patio for our veggie lovers and an array of desserts (kulfi, brownies and Mishti Dahi) were prepared by other members of the PZAS.
The event was indeed a grand success which was brought together by a lot of effort put in by the PZAS committee. Everyone went back home with their tummies full and hearts contented of blessings from our Zoroastrian House Dadgah!
Navroze Function, 18th March 2018
The Singapore Island Country Club provided a spectacular back drop for the PZAS annual Jameshedi Navroze festival. The celebrations were indeed at a grandiose scale and captured the essence of the traditions of our community. The Parsis of Singapore gathered in record numbers (200+) in their myriad of ethnic coloured ‘Garas’ and ‘Daglis’.
The afternoon started out with the youth of our community leading the gathering in prayer. This was followed by a detailed explanation of the symbolic Haftsheen table. Our very own Behroze Aunty handed out “Ang Pao” envelopes to all the kids for good luck and prosperity and led the singing along in wishing the birthday children on the day.
It was indeed a feeling of great pride when we aired a short video on the history of the community that was created by national university students who are keenly pursuing their doctorate on inter community harmony and have selected the Parsis as the epicenter of their study.
Neville Dotivala was officially announced as the new president of the PZAS committee and he introduced his team which has a good blend of previous stalwarts and new faces to service for the year ahead.
The afternoon concluded in true bawaji spirit with a hearty buffet that filled everyone to their hearts content and a merry round of Bingo that brought the wonderful celebrations to the end….only to look forward to many more!
