Art & Culture

Museums

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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...

Amir Nezam Garousi House or the Qajar Museum of Tabriz

Tabriz has witnessed many struggles through time, in particular the years of Persian Constitutional Revolution and later during Pahlavi era. One of the historical buildin...

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...

Tekyeh Moaven al-Molk

Tekyehes are the religious bases during Qajar Period where different religious ceremonies were hold. Tekyeh Moaven al-Molk is one of the most beautiful and famous example...

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...

Iran National Tea Museum

Iran National Tea Museum and the mausoleum of Kashef-ol Saltaneh, the founder of tea industry of Iran (tea father of Iran) is located on Chai or Tea hill in Lahijan. Haj...

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...

Shahr-i Sukhteh Museum

Shahr-i Sukhteh is an ancient metropolis with a long history of five thousand years. Formation of this city goes back to the Bronze Age. This highly important prehistoric...

Haft Tanan Garden

Haft Tanan garden is one of the oldest historical sites of Shiraz. This garden dating back to centuries before Zand era and its building relates to Karim Khan Zand era, i...

Susa

The ancient city of Susa was founded as one of the most important and glorious settlements in the world dated back to 4000 BC (according to some theorists, it dated back...

Four-Season Museum

Arak Four-Season Museum (four-season bath) is one of the most beautiful monuments in terms of architecture and tiling in contemporary Iran which can be considered to be t...

Zahir ol-Eslam Bathhouse or Ardabil Ethnology Museum

Zahir ol-Eslam Bathhouse is one of the historical bathhouses of Ardabil and goes back to Ilkhanate dynasty. Its building was purchased and restored in Qajar era by a pers...

Morvarid Palace (Pearl Palace of Karaj)

Pearl Palace or Morvarid Palace, which is also known as Shams Palace, is located in Mehrshahr of Karaj, Alborz province. It was constructed from 1966 to 1968 under the ad...

Saadabad Palace Complex

The early building of Saadabad was constructed by Qajar kings and it was just 8000m 2 in area in that time. Given to the good weather, Qajar kings used this place as thei...

Museum of Water

One of the most valuable architectural monuments and currently the world's most unique water museum is, "Water Museum" in the city of Yazd. The museum and monument featur...

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...

Handicrafts

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Tow Bafi of Birjand

Tow Bafi is the dominant handicraft of Khorashad village, one of the counties of Birjand in the South Khorasan. It was the first village of Iran that was registered as th...

Pateh Douzi of Kerman

Pateh Douzi, also known as “Selseleh Douzi” or “Fateh Douzi” is an important handicraft of Kerman province. Fortunately, this craft is still being practiced and making Pa...

South Khorasan Carpets

South Khorasan has witnessed the production of many exquisite carpets in various historical eras and each has been produced according to the traditions of the region they...

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...

Tiling, Symbol of Ornamental Elements in Iran

Tiling is considered as one of the important symbols and prominent ornamental elements in Iranian architecture, and one of the old crafts of this land which was mainly ca...

Embossed Kelims of Ilam

Embossed Kelims are one of the original and the most important handicrafts of province of Ilam in Iran. Like many other cities, Ilam has a long history of producing Kelim...

Kapu of Khuzestan

Kapu Bafi or making Kapu is one of the handicrafts of Khuzestan, one of southern provinces of Iran. In the local dialect of Khuzestan or “Dezfuli”, “Kapu” refers to any s...

Kalpurgan Pottery

According to the specialists, pottery of Sistan and Baluchestan traces back to many thousand years ago. Three villages of Kalpurgan, Kuhmitag and Hulanchgan are the most...

Enamel, Brilliant Art of Fire, Earth and Furnaces

Enamel refers to the art of painting and decorating metals such as gold, silver and copper (and sometimes glass and ceramics which is also called as vitreous enamel or po...

Varni Bafi of Ardabil

“Varni Bafi” or making Varni, is a traditional and popular weave of Azerbaijan region. Today it is produced in an area called Dasht-e Moghan that is located in the territ...

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...

Termeh, Luxurious Royal Fabric

Termeh is a woven fine and precious cloth with traditional Iranian patterns or textures which is woven by hand with two sets of warp and weft yarn made of pile, wool, nat...

Zanjan Filigree

Filigree is one the most important applied arts of province of Zanjan. Filigree is a kind of metalwork, and researchers have traced it back to 550 to 330 B.C. Many filigr...

Shiriki Pich Kilims of Sirjan

One of the oldest handicrafts of Iran are Kilims and historical documents prove that they go back to more than five thousand years ago. Kilims are originally flat weaves...

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...

Dance & Local Games

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Persian Foods

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