Art & Culture

Museums

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Isfahan Contemporary Art Museum

Isfahan Contemporary Art Museum is located in the historical texture of the city in Ostandari street, behind Aali Ghapou Palace, near the beautiful Chehel Sotoon garden,...

Malik Museum

Malik Library-Museum is a significant treasury of the lasting artistic and cultural history of Iran. Being established by Haj Hossein Malek’s investment, Malik Museum is...

Kornasian Bath

Dezful is one of the northern cities of Khuzestan with many natural and historical tourism attractions that is the host of many tourists every year. One of the attraction...

House of Rais Ali Delvari

Rais Ali Delvari Museum, which before its opening was, in fact, the house of this Iranian freedom fighter, is located in the southeast of city of Delvar from Tangestan Co...

Mausoleum of Sheikh Shahab-ed-Din Ahari

Sheikh Shahab-ed-Din Mahmood Ahari was a famous seventh and eighth century mystic scholar and this mausoleum was built on his grave long after his death. In existing sour...

Sanandaj Museum

Located in the external part of some important Qajar buildings, Sanandaj Museum is also known as the house of Salar Saeed which was constructed in two parts: a yard and e...

Azerbaijan Museum

Azerbaijan Museum includes a rich and prolific collection of artifacts and works that have been discovered through archeological researches, as well as historical discove...

Negel Mosque and Quran

Negel is a village located in 65km to Sanandaj and between Sanandaj and Marivan. Located in a valley from the south of which the Shoshtar River passes through, Negel vill...

Carpet Museum

Given to the antiquity of carpet weaving in Iran which dates back to the Acheamenid dynasty the necessity of establishing a museum has been highly apparent. The Carpet Mu...

Saheb-ol-Amr Mosque

The Saheb ol Amr Mosque or King Tahmasp Mosque is a mosque located on the east side of Saheb Abad square in Tabriz. The mosque was originally built in 1636 by the Safavid...

Qom Ethnography Museum

The Ethnography Museum of Qom or the historical house of Zand is located in the old district and texture of the city that was famous as the district of Chahar Mardan. Thi...

Dezful Ethnography Museum

The Ethnography Museum of Dezful is placed in an old district named Kornasion and inside a historical bath with the same name, which is famous as Kornasion bath. The anti...

Gorgan Palace Museum

Gorgan Palace Museum is one of the cultural centers of Gorgan city, the capital city of Golestan Province, narrating the history and culture of this ancient region. This...

Niavaran Palace

Niavaran cultural historical complex in the north of Tehran, belonged to the Qajar and Pahlavi’s eras, is located in a large garden that enjoys the beauty and charm of th...

Ganjali Khan Complex

Being included the square, bazar, mosque, school, water storage and mint, Ganjali Khan Complex was established at Ganjali Khan’s command, the ruler of Kerman during Shah...

Rakhtshooy Khaneh Edifice (Laundry)

Zanjan Rakhtshooy Khaneh edifice was built by two brothers whose name were Mashhadi Akbar (architect) and Mashhadi Ismaeil (the builder) by the architecture method of the...

Handicrafts

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Fly on Persian Carpets and Rugs

Carpet or rug, defined as a precious textile fluffy ground cloth woven from cotton, wool and silk in some cases, is considered as one of the ancient industries of Iran; a...

Marquetry of Western Azarbaijan

In Persian word, marquetry is called “Mo’aragh” which literally means “an object with trace of veins”. But in terms of handicrafts, Mo’aragh is a form of art where colorf...

Batik Printing of Eastern Azerbaijan

Batik can be considered a kind of applying patterns on fabrics especially silk. In this method parts of fabric are covered with a resistant material that pretends the dye...

Jajim of Khalkhal

Khalkhal is considered one of the important handicraft centers of Ardebil province and also Iran. The most prominent handicraft product of this region is weaving Jajim. J...

Darayi Bafi of Yazd

The history of Yazd has entwined with the history of its textile industry. The traditional textile products of Yazd were considered a priority due to two reasons; First,...

Ghalamkari Print of Isfahan (Calico Work)

Ghalamkari, a kind of traditional print that is applied to textile, is one of many handicrafts of Isfahan. The handicrafts of Isfahan are so popular and prosperous that t...

Toreutics, Precious Artistic Metalworking

Toreutics is an Iranian field of art which is considered as handicrafts and artistic metalworking. There is no clear history on its background; however, according to some...

Carpets of Sanandaj

Kurdistan province is one of the centers that has heavily influenced the handicraft of carpets in Iran. Kurdistan carpets are also known as “Namir” carpets which means th...

Ghoflsazi (locksmithing) of Chaleshtar

Chaleshtar is one of the oldest cities in the neighborhood of Shahr-e Kord, in the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. One kind of Iranian handicrafts, of which the in...

Firuzehkubi or Turquoise Inlay of Isfahan

One of the most popular handicrafts of Iran, that is both decorative and applicable, is “Firuzehkoobi” or turquoise inlaying. Firuzehkubi are small pieces of Turquoise ge...

Nazok Kari or Rizeh Kari of Urmia

Woodcrafts refers to objects that are made from wood, and carpentry is one of the most important professions in cities of Iran such as Urmia. Carpenters have played a maj...

Mekhraj Kari of Mashhad

There are many gemstone mines in Mashhad, the center of Razavi Khorasan province and its surrounding cities. That is why one of the prospering handicrafts of this provinc...

Inlay, Precious Arts in Orient

Inlay, also known as Khatam or Khatam Art , is one of the precious arts in the Orient and is considered as a laborious detailed craft whose producing and making requires...

Persian Miniature, Blend of Art and Professionalism

Miniature or Persian miniature is an art that brings the ability of depicting the whole nature in a small frame and basically refers to any delicate artistic phenomenon,...

Crystal Craving of Alborz

Craving crystals is one of the most original and common cold methods of decorating crystal works tracing back to Achaemenid dynasty. Sassanid artists were very skillful i...

Chamush of Gilan

Chamush is a kind of traditional footwear that has been produced in northern region of Iran, and specifically province of Gilan, from a long time ago. This product is mad...

Fame & Myth

Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (Tehran)

Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda was born in 1285 SH in Ghasem Ali Khan alley located in Sangelaj district. He is one of the great founders of modern prose style and famous scholars. H...

Khwārizmī (Khorasan)

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, the famous mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and historian, was born in 185 AH. There is no information in historic texts about his c...

Hafez (Fars)

Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, son of Bahaʾ-al-Din, is the most famous poet and Sufi in the 8th century and one of the forth greatest Persian poets in the...

Parvin E'tesami (East Azerbaijan)

Among the contemporary poets, there were not so many who can penetrate deeply into the hearts and also, there was as a few who was popular as she was. Her Diwan was publi...

Majid Samii (Gilan)

Majid Samii, a physician and neurosurgeon, was born on Khordad 29, 1316 SH (19 June 1937) in Tehran. His family was originally from Gilan. He finished his high school edu...

Mahmud Farshchian of Isfahan

Mahmud Farshchian was born in 1308 AH in the city of Isfahan. His father, Haj Gholamreza Farshchian, was the representative of Carpet Company of Isfahan and dealt with ca...

Sohrab Sepehri (Kashan)

Sohrab Sepehri is considered as one of the unique contemporary poets, whose poems can be studied as modern poetry. He was from Kashan and ascendant of Lesan-ol-Molk, scho...

Sheikh Safi-ad-din Is'haq Ardabili (Ardabil)

The ancestor of Safavid kings, Sheikh Safi-ad-din Ardabili, was born in 650 AH in Ardabil. Being the 8th generation of Firuz-Shah Zarrin-Kolah, he was one of Sufi elders...

Kayhan Kalhor (Kermanshah)

Kayhan Kalhor is born on Azar 3, 1342 SH in Eslamabad-e-Gharb, Kermanshah Province. He is an Iranian Kamancheh and also Setar, Tanbur, and Shah Kaman player, and composer...

Ferdowsi (Razavi Khorasan)

Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tousi was born in 329 AH (319 SH), but there is no certainty about the exact date. Although Ferdowsi has not said anything about his birthplace, there...

Kamal-ol-Molk (Isfahan)

Mirza Mohammad Ghaffari, known as Kamal-ol-Molk, the famous Iranian painter, was born in Kashan about 1270 AH. He spent his childhood in his home town and after finishing...

Shahriar

Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi, known by his pen name Shahriar, was born in 1283 AH in Tabriz. His father was an honorable and reputed professional lawyer of Tabr...

Dance & Local Games

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Tileh Bazi (Marble ball)

Tileh bazi is one of the nostalgic games of most Iranian children; a play with some small glass colorful filled marbles. In fact, this game has an ancient root among the...

Chogan (Polo)

Polo, Iranian Royal Game Today introduced by Olympic international committee as one of the universal sports. Polo has been popular among the kings and Iranian grandee in...

Khorasani Dance (Choub Bazi)

Khorasan area is one of the exclusive regions in Iran, where different tribes live together despite differences in race and culture and it is due to its climatic variabil...

Bil Gardani

Nim Var city is one of the ancient cities related to Sasanid and Ashkanian eras in Iran its historical customs are still alive and one of them with the antiquity of two t...

Wrestling with Choukhe (Kurdish Wrestling)

Kurdish wrestling or wrestling with Choukhe is one of the oldest and most popular traditional and rural sports in Iran played in northern areas of Khorasan. Wrestling wit...

Tanab Keshi

Tanab Keshi is one of the passionate and joyful folk sport that is done among the groups with different age and no gender limitation in the villages and cities of Iran fr...

Equestrianism

Although Equestrianism has been done by many different types in different historical eras with specific functions in each time, it is also popular as one of the exciting...

Bakhtiari Dance

Dance is a beautiful and valuable ritual among Bakhtiari tribes which is the symbol of unity, sympathy, correlation and cooperation of them. Bakhtiari people are resolute...

Gol Ya Poch (Handy-Dandy)

Gol ya Poch (Handy-Dandy) game has deep roots in the childhood of different Iranian generations and it is even so popular among the adults. The exciting game of Gol ya Po...

Kabaddi (Zu)

Four thousand years of Zu Though, it is possible that the name of Kabaddi is not familiar to us, this sport is a combination of wrestles and rugby known as "Zu" in all pr...

Bushehri Dance

Passionate Songs of Ports Residents Folk music has a significant role in the life of Bushehr people, from ceremonies to mourning events and during the time of work or chi...

Mazandarani Dance

One of the most dramatic Iranian dances is Mazandarani dance which is also known as "Selma", " Lak Sari Sema " or " Chakeh Sema ". This dance is hold along with music, si...

Qiqaj

Horse has a vital and mythical role in the life of nomads and villagers from the past so that the horse has a main role in many of their activities such as marriage, spor...

Sistani Dance

Choob Bazi Dance was known as a folk sport in Sistan at the past time; since the usage of this word did not seem to be nice among people, it has been changed to Choob Baz...

Tarke Bazi (Choub Bazi, Cho Bazi)

Tarke Bazi is one of the old, local and martial games among the Iranian people, mostly performed in happy events and parties such as wedding party accompanied with music...

Persian Foods

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