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Why Iran?

Iran By the others

Yes, Iran! since it’s one the most stunning places in the world which will catch your eyes in your first days with its sites and dwellers. And we’re gonna to show them to the world…

Here there is some links from different websites which have information about Iran:

Wikitravel – Iran Travel Guide

All countries of the World by Nations Online

U.S. Department of State / Bureau of Consular Affairs / Washington DC 20520 - Consular Information Sheet: Iran

The World Factbook -- Iran

Google Earth

Google Maps

Iranpix - provides you pictures of Iran

Bruni Prasske

Pierre Flener

Churches in Iran? You're kidding (VI)

Iranian/Persian Recipes

List of Famous Iranians

List of Famous Iranian Women

Achaemenid Museum (French Site)

53 Places to go in 2008: The year's top travel destinations in NYTimes

And look for: Shirin Ebadi (Winner of Nobel Prize in Peace) - Bijan Pakzad (owner of Bijan Brand) - Anoushe Ansari (the first female space tourist) - Abbas KiaRostami (Cinema Director) - Sima Bina (Folk Music Singer) - Nader Khalili (Winner of the NASA’s competition for building on the moon) - Marjane Satrapi (creator of Persepolis the Movie and Book) - Firouz Naderi (Nasa’s Professor) - Darya Dadvar (soprano soloist) - Sohrab Vosouq (owner of Ziba Design) - Setare Derakhshesh (VOA’s announcer) & … who are some of famous Iranians.

Iran By the author

History

Hospitality is major feature of Iranian people; they are famous as warm, friendly and generous people with a strong interest in foreigners and other cultures as you should experience it by yourself. Instead of portrayals I make room for a quote from Pierre Flener’s website:

Art

Music, Dance & Theatre

Sometimes a picture worth than a thousand words! Like here that I use photos to describe my intention. ^ Group of Musicians, paint on the Hasht Behesh Palace in Isfahan (1669) ^ Women playing harp while the king is hunting, carving, Taq-e Bostan, 6th century AD. Pictures of women playing music can be seen in many Persian paintings, miniatures, and sculptures that remain from ancient times. The first references to musicians in Iran are found in Susa, Elam (relief sculptures and paintings of the 27th century BC) which is a sufficient proof to being a music lover nation; throughout 2500 years of written history, our ancestors have developed a very unique music beside of musical instruments, several of which were the first prototypes of today modern musical instruments. ^ Music room in Aali Qapoo Palace' 6th floor, Isfahan; where the cut out shapes in the walls which are not the cupboards, retained the echoes! Due to the ethnic diversity of Iran, there is a rich variety of music and dances across the country; Azerbaijani "Ashiq"s, "Do Tar" Khorasan, Turkmen "bakhshi"s, Kordish Dance and … are just some keywords to these wonderland! Sima Bina the Folklore Singer, Shahram Nazeri the musician, Shajarian the classical singer, Farhad Fakhreddini the conductor and Kamkar family who are masters in Kurdish music are among of world famous Iranian musicians. ^ Raqs-e Bachukhe (a ritualistic dance), Torbat Jaam, Khorasan ^ Halparki (Kurdish dance) Today’s Iranian theatre has a base in traditional and ritualistic origin for both of Islamic ceremonies and folk culture. West dramatic theatre has only one hundred years here; today, the Iranian theatre presents a range of drama including stage drama, puppet theatre and theatre for children and youth. Annual and biennial national and international theatre and music festivals are holding today, such as The International Fadjr Theater Festival (former known as The International Tehran Theater Festival) which is holding annually in Tehran with taking part of foreign and Iranian theatre companies. ^ Theatre Shar (City Theater) building, Tehran - by Vahid Rahimian But dance is the forbidden art after Islam! In Islamic rules women must not to dance in front of opposite sex due to a belief that female body make men passionate and sinful, in this way women guided to home! As said before each of any Iranian tribe has a particular dance which has a folkloric base; you can watch and participate in their ceremonies if you let them to be your host... ^ Iranian observe Noruz in America following is three of famous Persian Singers in the world: ^ Shakila, classic singer receiving Persian Academy Award ^ Darya Dadvar, opera singer, France ^ Sima Bina, Folklore Singer in costume

Painting & Calligraphy

Painting The history of painting in Iran backs to cavemen. Discovered painted images of animals and hunting scenes on potteries in Lorestan prove their skill. Remained paints from Achaemenid era reveal artists preferred profile figures and shadeless colors. A discovered mural paint in Euphrates river vicinity from Parthian era which displays a hunting scene reminds us of the Iranian miniatures base with its riders and animals' position.

By entering Islam to Iran, painting (shaping) which was forbidden in Islam changed its way to simple floral forms in Architecture till the birth of miniature. First miniatures are belonged to Baghdad school. These paints have lost the style and methods of the usual paintings of the pre-Islamic period and were not proportional. Miniature painting continued its way via the Harat School under Mongols and Timurid. It was heavily influenced by Chinese paintings as the Mongol rulers of Persia brought with them numerous Chinese artisans to the court. Kamal-od-din Behzad, the leader of the Herat School, expanded the delicate art of miniature; he invented new patterns for natural facts and portrait. Mainly, themes of Persian miniature are related to Persian mythology and poetry. During the Safavid era, the art center moved to Tabriz and Qazvin, but the Safavid School established in Isfahan by Reza Abbassi. In this era miniature get rid of the influence of the Chinese art. Images became softer in form; human images and their behavior were not vain and artificial either; the themes of the paintings were about the life in the royal court, the nobles, beautiful palaces, pleasant goodness, scenes of battles and banquets; Artists paid more attention to generalities and, avoided unnecessary details, as used in Herat and Tabriz Schools. By end of the Safavid era, perspective and shading, a result of the European style, appeared in the Iranian paintings. In Qajar period, Kamal-ol Molk, entered the European classic style to Iran's painting. Meanwhile a new traditionalist-religious style as Naqashi QahveKhane-yee (Coffee House painting) appeared by Qul-lar Aghasi whose customer were ordinary people against the former styles; its usual subjects were the holy images of prophets, the religious epics, and the battles of the national heroes. In Coffee Houses narrators use these paint boards to tell religious and epic stories from the ancient Persia. As the times goes, Iranian artist get more touch with their colleagues in Europe and modern painting find its way to Iran. Calligraphy Iranians more than any nation have used calligraphy to enrich and beautify earthenware, metallic vessels and historic buildings. Most of the handwritten books of Iran specially the Holy Quran, and collections of poems such as Shahnameh Ferdowsi, Hafez Lyrics, Golestan and Boostan Sa’di have been recognized as precious artistic works because of their graceful and delicate calligraphy. A tablet in Hierogliff writing discovered in the north-western part of the Iranian plateau, belonging to the pre-historical period is a sign that the early inhabitants of Iran possessed inscriptive signs and methods. In archaeological searches of Sialk and Marlik, dishes and cylindrical seals engraved with the very first Iranian writings have been discovered. The numerous tablets available in Bisotoon, Passargad and Persepolis display the symbols used by old Iranians for writing. The Kufic script, earliest extant Islamic style of handwritten alphabet was used by early Muslims to record the Qur'an, writing on tombstones and coins. ^ A page of Quran decorated with Tazhib (religious geometry painting) - Calligrapher: Abdolsamad Samadi ^ "bismillah" the first sentence of any sections of Quran is surrounded by a Shamse - (Calligrapher: Morteza Nojumi) During the Safavid era, virtuous Iranian calligraphers invented all diverse forms of the Persian writing. After the flourishing period of the art of calligraphy, the precious calligraphic books required special care and preservation. Therefore the production of beautiful leather bindings for these magnificent books appeared as a new art. Iranians acquired great success in the art of bookbinding in various ways.

Welcome to Iran

Iranian Culture's roots are spread throughout its history; the Achaemenids, the Sasanians, the Arab’s occupation, the Mongols invade and the Safavids beside of Iran's dry climate all formed below characteristics for Iranian culture

As the most of theses aspects are described in other posts, below section is consist of much engaging aspects of Persian’s encounter for tourists