{{Short description|Mandaean turban}} {{Infobox clothing type | name = Burzinqa | image_file = Yahya Yuhana Mandi drabsha 2024 001.jpg | image_size = | caption = Tarmida Sahi Bashikh wearing a burzinqa | type = turban | material = cloth | location = southern Iraq and southwestern Iran | manufacturer = | url = }} The '''burzinqa''' ({{langx|myz|ࡁࡅࡓࡆࡉࡍࡒࡀ}}) is a turban worn by Mandaean men during baptismal ceremonial rituals. It forms the upper end of a lengthy piece of cotton cloth. For priests who are performing rituals, the loose lower end, called the ''rugza'' ({{langx|myz|ࡓࡅࡂࡆࡀ}}), can be used as a pandama or mouth-veil.<ref name="Buckley 2002">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people|url=http://mandaeannetwork.com/Mandaean/books/english/2The_Mandaeans_Ancient_Texts_and_Modern_People_American_Academy_of_Religion_Books_Jorunn_Jacobsen_Buckley.pdf?bcsi_scan_955b0cd764557e80=0&bcsi_scan_filename=2The_Mandaeans_Ancient_Texts_and_Modern_People_American_Academy_of_Religion_Books_Jorunn_Jacobsen_Buckley.pdf|publisher=Oxford University Press|publication-place=New York|year=2002|isbn=0-19-515385-5|oclc=65198443}}</ref>
==Description== The burzinqa consists of a long piece of cotton cloth that is wrapped three times around the head. The loose end is called the ''rugza'' ({{langx|myz|ࡓࡅࡂࡆࡀ}}). It is made from a cloth that is 10 centimeters by 3 meters long, and can be cut lengthwise as needed.<ref name="Rasta">{{cite book |title=The Mandaean Rasta: Its Making and Wearing |first=Majid Fandi |last=Al-Mubaraki |first2=Zaid |last2=Al-Mubaraki |first3=Brian |last3=AlMubaraki |date=2000 |location=Northbridge, New South Wales |isbn=0-9585705-6-6 |oclc=50163136}}</ref>
==In the ''Qulasta''== {{further|List of Qulasta prayers}} Several prayers in the ''Qulasta'' are recited when putting on the burzinqa, including prayers 1, 3, and 5.<ref name="Drower 1959">{{Cite book|title=The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans|last=Drower|first=E. S.|publisher=E. J. Brill|year=1959|location=Leiden}}</ref>
==See also== * {{section link|Mandaean priest|Clothing}} * Pandama
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://mandaeanpriests.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/102 Tying the turban and the sacred belt] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Gc0z-b7UA Tying the turban] (video) *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngzm5BXOlbk Tying the turban] (video)
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