Ta’zieh is an intertwined set of traditional Iranian music, Iranian classic poetry and Shabih-khani (speech-visual intertwined narration). The central theme (or subject) of Ta’zieh is representation of siege and massacre of Karbala desert Iranian traditions are used to illustrate and retell events commensurate with [the quality of] events and dialogues in the Ta’zieh scene. In other words, Iran...

“Tazkirah” is the term used in Persian and Turkish literature for a collection of lives, most frequently those of poets, but also of saints, sheikhs or calligraphers. A Tazkirah of poets gives a brief biography and examples of each author's work. Tazkirahs are one of the most important and widely expanded biographical works of literature. Tazkirahs as a considerable and inseparable part of manu...

Orthodoxy, and other so-called world religions that were complicit with colonialist expansion and its repression of the “other peoples” (indigenous), their rites and beliefs. For centuries, colonial societies have denied that indigenous peoples had “religions” at all; as the great photographer of Native North American cultures Edward S. Curtis stated, “There seems to be a broadly prevalent idea...

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A tradition is a behavioral practice that is shared among members of a group; is performed repeatedly over a period of time (that is, it is enduring); and depends to a measurable degree on social contributions to individual learning for its appearance in new practitioners (for elaboration see Fragaszy and Perry7). I will consider the implications of this definition for how we can identify tradi...

Herbal therapies have become an integral part of the American health care scene. Since 1991, public use of herbal products has increased quite markedly, with over $5 billion spent annually. This does not include the many (up to 25%) pharmaceutical products used in conventional practice that originally were, and in some cases still are, derived from plants (Table 69.1). The perennial appeal of h...

the present paper aims to study the iranian-made movie “aroos-e-atash” (the bride of fire), using semiotic methodology at the three following levels: description (social codes), representation (technical codes) and ideology (ideological codes). the process of interconnections and interactions between these three types of codes resulted in these findings: although the movie enjoys an emancipatio...

The Ottoman political tradition is a system composed of Islam, old Turkish, Byzantinian and Iranian traditions. At the center arena sultan, who to ensure social justice. society consisted four elements that were expected complement each other; military group, men science pen, traders, manufacturers. tax basis classification. payer called flock (reaya). Ahilik (Brotherhood) guilds are located at...

This study elaborates Mulyadhi Kartanegara's thoughts regarding the continuity of Islamic philosophy after Ibn Rushd era. research is a case study-based qualitative using review on travel notes and reports as object. also uses other relevant studies to understand Kartanegara’s big idea. concludes that, although idea Philosophy does not perish in Iranian region has been thesis recognized by many...

The paper looks into to the work of modern Iranian calligrapher and artist Bahman Panahi. On example his works, one can see dynamism art calligraphy. This type Muslim continues develop actively and, in combination with other types, such as ornament, music or graffiti, gives rise new interesting directions. In Panahi, calligraphy is so naturally combined that himself refers works genre musicalli...