Kiran yayi Hasumiyar Shiru na garin Yazd, a Iran, sune wuraren al'ada ce da ta wuce shekaru 3.000 hakan ya wanzu har zuwa yau duk da cewa yana gab da ɓacewa. Har zuwa kwanan nan, gawarwakin waɗanda suka mutu har yanzu suna kan su don shan rana da ungulu na hamada.
Wannan shine yadda tsohuwar al'adar Zoroastrian take da ita: idan jiki ya gushe rayuwa yana fuskantar haɗarin gurɓatar da aljannu da rasa tsarkakakkun su. Don guje masa, Zoroaster kuma mabiyansa sun tsarkake gawar ta hanyar fallasa shi zuwa ga abubuwa da kuma tsuntsayen gida a saman wasu hasumiyoyi masu fadi-kwance a jejin da ake kira dakhmas.
Yazd's Towers of Silence sun haɗu da da'ira uku. A cikin zobe na waje an ajiye gawarwakin maza, a tsakiyar mata da yara a cikin da'irar ciki. Suna nan a wurin har sai kasusuwa sun zama fari fat. Bayan haka, ana ajiye ossuaries a cikin hasumiyar.
Wadannan dakhmas din ba Iran kadai bane. Zai yiwu a same su a gefen Bombay (Indiya) kuma a wasu wurare a Gabas ta Tsakiya, inda addinin Zoroastrianism ya bazu kuma ya sami tushe. Koyaya, a cikin 70s an hana wannan al'ada a Iran, kodayake ana yin al'adun har yanzu a ɓoye. Kodayake ba a amfani da hasumiyoyin don waɗannan bukukuwan ba, amma sun kasance abin jan hankalin masu yawon buɗe ido don ziyarta a cikin ƙasar.
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