The Parsi community is mostly confined to the city of Mumbai. The Parsis have many festivals but no pilgrimage site as such. The festivals are not marked by grand processions and music, but are meant for introspection and religious discourses. According to the Parsis there are six seasons in a year and a significant festival occurs in each. The Gahambars as the festivities are called were originally agricultural in nature, but as Zoroastrianism spread far and wide, they took on a religious significance.

Each day of the year is recognised as a day under the supervision of an angel while a festal day feel under the care of a group of angels. Each holy day is divided into five watches, presided over by five angels. The first Gahambar comes around on the eleventh day of the Parsi month Ardibenesh, the second on the eleventh of Tir, the third on the twenty-sixth of Shehnever, the fourth on the twenty-sixth of Meher, the fifth on the sixteenth of Dai and the sixth on the first of Gatha. The Gahambars are days of great feasting and get-togethers.

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