Azadeh pashootanizadeh
Abstract
Zoroastrians of Iran are considered the oldest natives of Iran. After the Arab attack on Iran, they lived in Khorasan for some time and then went to Yazd and Kerman. But some of them moved to India. Qajar period, which coincides with the birth of Zoroastrian-embroidery art (Zartoshti-duzi), Zoroastrians ...
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Zoroastrians of Iran are considered the oldest natives of Iran. After the Arab attack on Iran, they lived in Khorasan for some time and then went to Yazd and Kerman. But some of them moved to India. Qajar period, which coincides with the birth of Zoroastrian-embroidery art (Zartoshti-duzi), Zoroastrians from India, who were mostly cloth merchants, came to Iran and provided a lot of help to Iranian Zoroastrians. As some Indian merchants married Iranian Zoroastrian women and described to their wives about the peacock (a bird that is not native to Iran) and its beauty. Zoroastrian women's mental image of this bird caused various forms of peacocks in Zoroastrian embroidery art. The peacock was very important in the art of the Sasanian era and is reminiscent of the goddess Anahita in Zoroastrianism. Repetition of this pattern symbolically in the clothes of women Zoroastrian artists is a way of reviving their religious thoughts. In this article, an attempt has been made to study the art of Zoroastrian embroidery, which is a native art of Iran, in its birthplace, and to discuss the reasons for the appearance of the peacock motif in this art.
Azadeh pashootanizadeh
Abstract
In the past, the occupation of Zoroastrian men was agriculture and animal husbandry, and Zoroastrian women inherited the spinning and textile arts of previous generations, especially the Sassanid period. Women's occupations complemented men's occupations, turning non-food products into clothing. Sericulture ...
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In the past, the occupation of Zoroastrian men was agriculture and animal husbandry, and Zoroastrian women inherited the spinning and textile arts of previous generations, especially the Sassanid period. Women's occupations complemented men's occupations, turning non-food products into clothing. Sericulture also had a long history, and silkworm breeding was a domestic and favorite occupation of Zoroastrian women. The relationship between male and female occupations promoted a culture of "Hamazuri". The transfer of traditional Zoroastrian textile techniques coincided with the spinning of fibers and the narration of the oral stories of DariBehdini, the "Serpent King".The telling of these stories led to the formation and promotion of proverbs. The connection of the Iranians with the Persian trade of India made the traditional textile commercial and industrial and caused the destruction of the techniques and equipments of art "KāroČāle". In addition, the traditional spinning of Zoroastrian women, which was accompanied by these stories, disappeared. Valuable points, in addition to recording part of the folklore literature, is the influence and relationship between the stories of the serpent king and the traditional spinning of Iranian Zoroastrian women. Method of data collection in the form of field and library interviews; It is a descriptive-analytical comparison approach.
