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May 03 2012

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October 15 20102010-10-15 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of several brass plates heaped with dry wooden twigs and sticks. The plates rest on an orange-peach cloth, with green leaves visible at the top right corner. No people are visible in the frame.2011-11-01February 09 20122012-02-09April AF 2012Close-up photograph of piles of thin dry twigs. A red and gold brocade cloth lies at the lower right edge and a blurred white garment appears at the top left. No people are visible; the image is dim and warm-toned.2012-02-09Close view of a woven wicker basket filled with small dried wooden sticks, their cut ends pale, resting on a brass vessel. Beside it is a second brass pot holding more sticks. The sticks are. Behind them a striped textile in blue, red, green and yellow is laid out, with white flowers at the upper right. No people are visible.2016-12-19Close photograph of a round metal tray filled with a heap of thin brown woody sticks. No people are visible. A white plate is partly visible at the top left, and a small purple logo sits in the top left corner.2017-12-20 +1 copiesDecember 20 20172017-12-20 +1 copiesNovember 01 20112011-11-01A close photograph of a metal bucket or pot filled to the brim with bundled dried wooden sticks and twigs, some pale and some dark brown, piled loosely above the rim. The container sits on a reddish-brown earthen ground beside a blue metal pole at the right edge. No people or ritual figures are visible; the sticks appear to be kindling or firewood for a homa or fire offering.2017-03-11October 04 20082008-10-04A close photo of a homa fire ritual. In the foreground, a person in white clothing with a gold-edged border holds a bundle of dried twigs and sprinkles dark dried leaves onto an ornate silver plate with a scalloped rim. Beside it sit a small silver bowl, a silver vessel and a gold-coloured pot. To the right, orange-stained bricks surround a blazing fire, with white markings painted on the bricks and small yellow flowers placed on them. The setting appears to be a fire ritual with offerings.2011-12-28