Nearly 330 delegates from 14 countries
attended the first World Zoroastrian
Congress in the southern hemisphere
Parinaz Gandhi
Select delegates from 14 countries bearing the flag of their nation entered the Astral Room at the Crown complex in Perth on June 1, 2018 to proclaim their presence at the 11th World Zoroastrian Congress (11WZC). Each contingent stood facing the audience whilst its national anthem was played, placed the flag in a flower pot at the foot of the dais, and then made way for the next team. "The flags will remain here for the next few days. We are part of a Zoroastrian culture that is over 5,000 years old…” stated Congress chair Firoz Pestonji, sanguine that the......