Qalishuyan
Qalischuyan ( Persian قالیشویان Ghalischuyan ) arecarpetwashingcustoms practicedin honor of the memory of a descendant of the 5th Shiite Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (681–733) named Imamzade Sultan Ali . Sultan Ali isvenerated as a saintby the people of Kashan and Fin. The ceremonies take place at his shrine in the town of Mashhad-e-Ardehal . Famousfor its carpets, the village in which the shrine is located is about 49 km west of Kashan, Isfahan Province , Iran .
According to legend, Sultan Ali was tortured to death and his body was carried in a carpet to a stream, where he was buried by the people of Fin and Xāve. Today the Sultan Ali Mausoleum is the site of a ritual where a carpet is washed in the sacred brook by a gathered crowd. It takes place on the Friday closest to the seventeenth day of the month Mehr , according to the farmers' solar calendar . In the morning, the people of Xāve gather to sprinkle rose water on the carpet. After completing the ritual of the wrapping, they deliver it to the people from Fin outside, who rinse the carpet under running water and sprinkle it with drops of rose water using neatly cut and beautifully decorated wooden sticks. The carpet is then returned to the mausoleum. The people from Kashan contribute a prayer rug and the people from Naschalg (Našalg) celebrate their ritual on the following Friday. Not only do these communities preserve the oral tradition of the procedure, the tradition is also revived by adding new and festive elements.
The rituals are since 2012 on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ( Intangible Cultural Heritage ) of UNESCO .
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Video
- Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān ( Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization )
Web links
- unesco.org: Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Information related to Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Photos: Carpet Washing Ritual in Mashhad Ardehal
- Qālišuyān rituals Mashad-e Ardehāl in Kazan, Iran
- Iran carpet washing ritual inscribed on UNESCO list
- photos
- آیین قالیشویان مشهد اردهال کاشان ثبت جهانی شد ( IRNA )
See also
References and footnotes
Representative list : Radif (2009) | Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan (2010) | Traditional carpet weaving in Fars (2010) | Traditional carpet weaving in Kashan (2010) | Ta'zieh (2010) | Pahlevani and Zurkhaneh rituals (2010) | Qālišuyān rituals in Mashad-e Ardehāl (2012) | Nouruz (2016) | Baking and dividing flatbread : Lavash , Katyrma , Jupka , Yufka (2016) | Building and Playing the Kamantsche (2017) | Chogān (2017)
In urgent need of conservation : Building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats (2011) Naqqāli, tradition of dramatic storytelling (2011)
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| Ghalishouyan; Qalishuyan customs of Mashhad Ardehal; Qālišuyān customs of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān; Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān; Qalishuyan customs; Qalischuyan; Qalishuyan; Ghalishuyan; Ghali Shuyan; Qali Shuyan; Carpet Washing Ceremony; Qālišuyān |