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A korsi in Nain Anthropology Museum Persian korsí. A korsi or korsí (Persian: کرسی) is a type of low table found in Iran and Afghanistan, with a heater underneath it, and blankets thrown over it. It is a traditional item of furniture in Iranian culture. A family or other gathering sits on the floor around the korsi during the winter.
Choub bazi, choob or choobazi (Persian: چوب بازی chub bāzi; Khorasani and Sistani: چو بازی chu bāzi; lit. "wood play"), is one of Iranian games and traditions with an ancient history that goes back to ancient Iran. This traditional ritual is also mentioned in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. In Iran, there are two authentic types of stick ...
In 1998, the journal Iranian Studies devoted a double issue (vol. 31, no. 3/4) to reviews of the encyclopædia, coming to 700 pages by 29 authors on as many subjects. [20] Professor A. Banuazizi, praised that the encyclopaedia "will be judged as the most significant contribution of our century to the advancement of Iranian studies as a ...
The culture of Iran (Persian: فرهنگ ایران) or culture of Persia [1] [2] [3] is among the most influential in the world. Iran ( Persia ) is widely considered to be one of the cradles of civilization .
Poshti (Persian: پشتی) is a backrest cushion upholstered with rug fragments. It is a traditional piece of furniture and part of the Iranian culture . Similar in appearance to a pillow but sturdier in material, poshti can have a square or rectangular shape.
Persian pottery or Iranian pottery is the pottery made by the artists of Persia (Iran) and its history goes back to early Neolithic Age (7th millennium BCE). [1] Agriculture gave rise to the baking of clay, and the making of utensils by the people of Iran. [ 2 ]
Persianization (/ ˌ p ɜːr ʒ ə ˌ n aɪ ˈ z eɪ ʃ ə n /) or Persification (/ ˌ p ɜːr s ɪ f ɪ ˈ k eɪ ʃ ə n /; Persian: پارسیسازی), is a sociological process of cultural change in which a non-Persian society becomes "Persianate", meaning it either directly adopts or becomes strongly influenced by the Persian language, culture, literature, art, music, and identity as ...