Kustis are part of part of the Zoroastrian—thus, Parsi—sacred dress. The kusti is made of 72 fine, white, wool threads that represent the 72 chapters in the Yasna, the primary Zoroastrian liturgy. The kusti is worn wound around the waist as a girdle, tied in a specific pattern. The ritualistic tying and untying of the kusti is supposed to be performed multiple times a day while reciting a prayer for the defeat of all evil, the confession and renunciation of sins, and the reaffirmation of the person’s commitment to Zoroastrianism.
Kustis Quotes in Of White Hairs and Cricket
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I felt like crying, and buried my face in the pillow. I wanted to cry for the way I had treated Viraf, and for his sick father with the long, cold needle in his arm and his rasping breath; for Mamaiji and her tired, darkened eyes spinning thread for our kustis, and for Mummy growing old in the dingy kitchen smelling of kerosene, where the Primus roared and her dreams were extinguished; I wanted to weep for myself, for not being able to hug Daddy when I wanted to, and for not ever saying thank you for cricket in the morning, and pigeons and bicycles and dreams; and for all the white hairs that I was powerless to stop.
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Of White Hairs and Cricket
Mamaiji spins enough thread for everyone in the family to have a kusti. And, since Grandpa died, she’s spun so much that everyone has an extra kusti. The...
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