Lofani
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Classical Mandaic: ࡋࡀࡅࡐࡀࡍࡉࡀ[2]) is a type of ritual meal commemorating the dead.[3] It is etymologically related to the word laufa ("spiritual communion"), since lofani meals symbolize the connection of the souls of the living and the dead. The meal sometimes contains sacrificed sheep or dove meat.[4]
It is distinct from the zidqa brika and dukrana, which are two other types of ritual meal offered for the dead.[4]
During
Sarṭana), grains and cereals are eaten as part of a special lofani.[5]
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Gallery
Lofani being prepared by Mandaean laypeople in Ahvaz, Iran:
See also
- Sacred food as offering
- Dukrana
- Eucharist
- Holy Qurbana in Syriac Christianity
- Koliva
- Laufa
- Zidqa brika
References
- ^ Crangle, E., Nasoraia, B. (2010). "Soul Food: The Mandaean Laufani". ARAM Periodical, 22, 97-132.
- ^ Al Saadi, Qais (2012). Nhura: English-Mandaic/Mandaic-Mandaic Dictionary. First Edition, Drabsha.
- OCLC 65198443.
- ^ a b Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.
- ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lofani.
- Lofani in Ahvaz, part 1
- Lofani in Ahvaz, part 2
- Lofani in Ahvaz, part 3
- Lofani/Dokhrani (ritual meal for the dead): Lay Mandaeans in Iran (unedited clips and photographs)
- Lofani/Dokhrani (ritual meal for the dead): as performed and explained by Tarmida Khaldoon Majid Abdullah
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