Day: 5 December 2020

Shahre Sokhteh (Burnt City)

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Iran.

Shahre Sokhteh (Shahr-i Sokhta), one of the wonders in the ancient world, a unique sample of the first, the biggest and the most advanced urban establishments in the southeast of Iran, had been founded along the direction of the Hirmand River to Hamun...

Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran- Siah Cheshmeh in west Azerbijan Province

Complex of Armenian churches of Iran

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in Historical Tourism, UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Iran.

The Complex of Armenian churches of Iran, some nearby buildings and Dare Sham village are the elements of cultural exchange between Orthodox Byzantine and Iranian culture. Located at the end southeast of the Armenian cultural domain, these churches...

Radif of Iranian Music

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage In Iran.

Iranian music is also called Iranian traditional music, classical music of Iran and sometimes instrumental music of Iran. In fact, this art has been transferred orally from Master to student over the years and what is today available to us as the...

Traditional Skills of Carpet Weaving in Kashan

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage In Iran.

Kashan city was the center of carpet weaving in Shah Abbas period and many carpet weaving workshops were established in this city based on his command. Silk, silver and golden carpets which are best-known as Shah Abbas carpets are attributed to this...

Traditional Skills of Carpet Weaving in Fars

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage In Iran.

One of the most important arts in Fars region with a universal reputation is carpet weaving which is famous as Fars Carpet. The texture in most of the old Fars carpets was woven of wool and all carpets produced in this province are the products of the...

Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage In Iran.

People have baked the bread from a long time ago. At first, they were mixing the pounded grains with water and baking it on the hot stones; the process of baking bread was then completed over time and after discovering new techniques. Each country has...

Skills of Crafting and Playing Iranian Dotār

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage In Iran.

Dotār is the oldest stringed musical instrument not only in Iran, but also in all the Middle East and Central Asia. The depiction of this musical instrument is existing in some of the ancient rock reliefs. In a book composed in Pahlavi language Dotār...

Kamancheh Iranian traditional and original musical instruments

Art of crafting and playing with Kamancheh

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage In Iran.

Kamancheh (also kamānche or kamāncha) is one of the Iranian traditional and original musical instruments with a long history. The name of Kamancheh has been appeared in some poems and texts from early Islamic periods. The first historic evidence of...

Naqqāli, Iranian Dramatic Story-tellin

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage In Iran.

Recitation or Parda Khwani or Naqqāli is one of the ancient rituals in Iran, with different changes over time. The origin of recitation or Naqqāli goes back, in terms of etymology-meaning “story-telling”-, to Parthian period and the Gosans who were...

Music of the Bakhshies of Khorasan

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage In Iran.

Music of the Bakhshies of Khorasan: Musicians and singers of North Khorasan include three groups as Lovers, Bakhshies and Leveler (Luti); playing instruments like Kamancheh, Dotar, Sorna, Drum, Quseme and Ney, they compose songs compatible with each...

Chogan (Polo)

Written on December 5, 2020. Posted in Dance & Local Games, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage In Iran.

Polo, Iranian Royal Game Today introduced by Olympic international committee as one of the universal sports. Polo or Chogan has been popular among the kings and Iranian grandee in the past and its name as an aristocratic sport is derived from...

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