Towers of Silence
Watercolour, crayon
and computer
©2017 Charlene Brown
Yazd was the
birthplace, and remains a stronghold, of Zoroastrianism – the world’s first
monotheistic faith. The day we arrived, we visited the Fire Temple, to which
Zoroastrians from all over the world travel to see the sacred flame. As we
departed for Isfahan the next day, we stopped at the Towers of Silence, where
the dead were placed for ‘sky burial’ consumption by vultures.
