Iran Press/ Iran news: On Thursday, a festival of Iranian tribes featuring live performances, nomadic rituals, and souvenirs opened its doors to the public in Shiraz, southern Iran.
Ethnic groups from the provinces of Fars, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Sistan and Baluchistan, Kurdistan, East Azerbaijan, Golestan, and South Khorasan participate in the ten-day festival.
According to organizers, the summer festival is aimed to introduce the rites, lifestyle, and culture of different tribes of the country.
In addition to local music and ethnic rituals, handicrafts are also offered at the festival.
In an interview with Iran Press, some artists introduced the art and crafts of their city and province.
An Iranian girl artist uses sheep's wool to produce the thread needed to weave rugs and carpets, and a woman from the Qashqai tribe has also exhibited local clothes, hand-woven, and beautiful Iranian rugs and carpets. Baking bread and traditional food are the other parts of the festival, which have well depicted the identity of Iran's civilization and history.
Experts believe ethnic tourism provides the ground for potential sightseers to feel like indigenous people by living with a nomad or rural family or enjoying an independent stay. However, as the name implies, it’s a trip for recreational purposes rather than an expedition for anthropological research.
Staying with nomads during their migration, even for a day or two, might be a lifetime experience. As a traveler, one has the chance to visit, live, eat, and sleep in a nomadic camp with a real nomad family. Colorful dresses, vast black tents, colored-eyed children with rosy cheeks, modest lifestyle, scenic landscape, and local dishes are probably among the delights of such visits.
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