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Close-up photograph of a sacred fire blazing in a homa fire pit, with bright orange flames and rising smoke consuming offerings of wood, dried leaves and flower petals. A small metal vessel with a curved handle sits at the lower left edge of the wooden platform. No people are visible; the background is dark blue fabric.

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November 02 20132013-11-02April 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copiesClose photo of a fire pit at night, with tall orange flames and smoke rising from a dark stone or brick hearth. Flowers in red, pink, orange and yellow lie on the hearth beside the flames, and a metal vessel sits at the right edge. A partially visible hand appears at the top right. No people are clearly visible apart from that hand, and no one can be identified in the frame. Consistent with a homa or fire offering.2018-01-06April 01 20162016-04-01December 28 20172017-12-28November 02 20132013-11-02November 02 20132013-11-02December 28 20172017-12-28Close photograph of a bright, flickering fire burning at left, with the flames curling upward in orange and yellow. Beside it a white cloth bundle, possibly fabric or an offering, is partly wrapped with a red-and-gold decorated item at right. The background is dark with a blurred embroidered or patterned cloth. Ritual fire.2018-04-26 +1 copiesClose view of a fire pit in which flames rise high and bright orange around a bundle of dry wood and a dark object wrapped with yellow flowers. Thick smoke drifts across the frame, and cut wooden logs are tied with rope on the right. No people are visible in the frame.2013-10-08December 28 20172017-12-28 +1 copiesOctober 24 20062006-10-24