Satum

…commemorating the dead; and the Satum, prayers recited at funeral feasts. Throughout the day, Parsis greet one another with the rite of hamāzor, in which one’s right hand is passed between the palms of another. Words of greeting and good wishes are then exchanged.

” The Satum, in praise of the dead, is recited at the beginning of a meal prepared in their honour every month for the first year after a death and then on each anniversary. Other prayers accompany benedictions, especially those used at the consecration of fire, initiation,…