Morsched

The Morsched (English and French also translate as Morshèd ) is a signpost and guide of the Pahlavan (hero, knight or athlete) who does his exercises in the Zurchaneh (power house) .

The Morsched need all the exercises of the athletes know, be a role model for the athletes, and he has the most important Persian poetry, especially the Persian national epic, Ferdosis Shahnameh , know by heart. He has to be proficient in the big tumbler drum ( tombak ) and have a good voice. The traditions and ethical ideas of the Zurchanehs are based on traditions from the pre-Islamic period and combine athletic exercises with Zoroastrian spirituality. The Morsched usually begins his lecture with the first line of the prologue by Ferdosis Schahname:

"Be nam-e chodavand-e jaan-o cherad" - "In the name of God, (the Lord) of the soul and the mind"

literature

• Description of the Zurchaneh
• Sina Vodjani and Gabriele von Kröcher: Zarathustra. Membrane International, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-86562-739-1 , pp. 190-193

Web links

• Documentation "Zurkhaneh" in French
• Morshed Mehregan - concert performance

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Madjid Khaladj, Philippe Nasse: Le Tombak. Méthode d'initiation à la percussion persane. Supplement to the DVD, Improductions / École de Tombak, Bornel (La Salon de Musique) 2004, pp. 6–11.