the ceremony and strongly affect the underlying text. Performative variations, on the other hand, leave the core of the text intact but add smaller changes depending on the details of performance.

Core variations

The basic text of the Long Liturgy is found in the Yasna manuscripts. Except for some performative variations (see below), it is present in all its other variants. A more solemn variant is the Yasht i Visperad, where the 24 chapters, called kardes,

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