Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Vahid Rashidvash ¹
• Hassan Yousefinezhad ²

¹ Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University; Tehran, Iran.

² PhD Student of Anthropology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch; Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The methods of cooperation and cooperation have long been common in the rural communities of Iran, and despite the changes that have occurred in rural communities over the years, there are still various forms of cooperation and cooperation among many Lor, Kurd, and, etc. can be seen. The purpose of this research is to analyze the traditional ways of cooperation in the agricultural culture of the people of Jafar Abad village, Sivan district of Ilam city, using the theory of functionalism and the theory of exchange. In the interview method, the researcher conducted a purposeful and snowball method by selecting 21 people who had sufficient information on the topic in question. The obtained results show that before planting crops and in order to observe justice in the common people's enjoyment of the possibility of God-given village, by drawing lots (Tirpeshk), dividing the land (Zahmin Bahsh) in The planting phase of the crop is done by group plowing method (pair herd), in the starting phase by the method of escaping harmful animals for the field (Veraz Rav) and in the harvesting phase by methods such as group reaping, group threshing, cleaning the crop to The group form is used.

Keywords

• Cooperation methods
• Culture
• Agriculture
• Jafarabad village