After reading several recent postings on the admissions of non-Zoroastrians to our places of worship, I am reminded of my visit to the Native American settlement in Taos, in New Mexico, about a little over a year ago. Taos, nestled in the lofty mountains of New Mexico, has a Native American settlement that has remained intact over centurires.
People still live in the adobe structures that have been around for a millenium.
Although they may officially be Catholics, the inhabitants of Taos also practice their native religion . While visitors could enter the church, the kiwa was kept out of bounds for non-Native Americans . Also an adobe structure, the kiwa was devoid of doors or windows. One had to climb a rope ladder to enter from the top. As a Zoroastrian, I knew at once why outsiders were precluded from entering the kiwa .