Year of the ZABAL - Day 310
My Singapore POIDH bounty is live: $1,000 to get me to the World Zoroastrian Congress, and your questions come with me
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year of the zabal day 310
Help me bring my story onchain through POIDH. My Singapore bounty is live: poidh.xyz/base/bounty/1536
I've been a Zoroastrian priest since I was 12. Zoroastrianism is one of the first monotheistic religions, and there are fewer than 200,000 of us left.
From 28 to 30 December 2026 I'm going to the 13th World Zoroastrian Congress in Singapore as a youth delegate. I got a full subsidy for my hotel, registration and meals, and I'm raising $1,000 from my community to help cover my travel. I put in the first $100 on POIDH myself, on top of the goal.
Back this bounty and send me your questions about Zoroastrianism. I'll bring them to Singapore and answer as many as I can. You can also back it with PayPal from poidhz.com/singapore, and if you need a Stripe link, email me and I'll send it.
I grew up in our local Zoroastrian community in Boston, ZAGBA. My dad was the head priest and taught our religion classes, so I was always one of the first people there and one of the last to leave. In 6th grade I spent 24 days at a Zoroastrian temple in Mumbai, and on 20 December 2010 I had my Navar, the ceremony where I became a mobed.
Then in 2022 I went to the World Zoroastrian Congress in New York. For the first time I saw Zoroastrian communities from all around the world coming together. I also met someone there who introduced me to NFTs and blockchain, and that evolved into me building The ZAO.
New York, and then growing my supportive community, is what changed me. Now I'm sure of myself, and I want to share it. This is my version of art: storytelling about this long lost religion.
The flights are around $2k and are already bought, and this fundraiser helps pay them back. My family and friends are covering over half of the trip. So I'm raising $1k from my community.
My communities have backed my business. This time I'm asking you to back something personal. It's not a something for something. It's supporting me on a personal journey, and the chance to ask questions and learn with me as I make content about Zoroastrianism.
From the Congress I'll submit the claim myself, with a photo from the Congress and a link to my first post from the Congress. Everyone who added to the pot then has 48 hours to vote on it before it pays out. If I don't make it, I won't claim.
The full story, with my old essays, photos and sources, is on the bounty and at poidhz.com/singapore. Contributions are personal travel support and are not tax-deductible.
- BetterCallZaal on behalf of the ZABAL Team