IRAN CULTURE

THEIR CULTURES AND RELATED STORIES ARE ECLECTIC AND AND PART OF THE PERSIAN SPIRIT AND A CLUE TO THEIR SPIRIT.THEY SPEAK PERSIAN AND ALSO TO ITS HISTORY  THEY SPEAK PERSIAN AND ALSO IRANIAN LANGUAGE. 

THEY HAVE MANY  TRADITIONAL TEA HOUSES WITH THEIR  UNIQUE CULTURAL  PRESENTATION.  ALL HAVE STRONG CHAI TEA AND A HOOKAH. A HOOKAH IS A WATER BASED SMOKING PIPE.    THEY SERVE FAVA BEANS.  WITH SALT AND VINEGAR AND DESSERTS.

98% OF MUSLIMS LIVE IN IRAN.  THERE ARE ABOUT 89% WHO FOLLOW SHIA, SOME FOLLOW PERSIAN DESCENT.THEY HAVE MANY CHRISTIANS , ASSYRIANS,  AND  ROMAN CATHOLICS, AND SOME JUDAISM.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS THAN WE DO.  SOME ARE A PROPHET'S 'S BIRTHDAY.  THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL HOLIDAYS FOR THE VICTORY OF THE 1979 REVOLUTION.

THEIR WEDDING CEREMONIES HAVE A TYPICAL 2 STAGE CEREMONY.  THE IST IS A LEGAL PART AS THEY SIGN A CONTRACT.  THE SECOND STAGE IS A WEDDING CEREMONY AND RECEPTION WITH FEASTS.  THEY HAVE MANY ITEMS SPREAD ON THE FLOOR WITH FABRIC -HERBS, SEEDS, SPICES, ANGELICA, TEA, FRANKINCENSE, NUTS, AND APPLES, PERFUME, ETC.  A SCARF OF SILK IS ON THE BRIDE'S HEAD.  THEY ARE GIVEN A BOOK FOR GOD'S BLESSING.  GIRLS MUST BE AT LEAST 15 YEARS OLD.

THEIR PERSIAN RUGS HAVE BEEN VITAL TO THEIR CULTURE.  IRANIANS WERE SOME OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO WEAVE CARPET.  THEY HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF FINE SILK CARPETS DERIVED FROM THE NOTION OF BASIC NEEDS.  THE COMPLEXITY OF RUGS INCREASED TO A POINT WHERE RUGS ARE NOW DECORATIVE.  IRAN PRODUCES MORE SILK WOOL RUGS  THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY.  THEY HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE HISTORIC TIMES.

THEIR GARDENS ARE A REFLECTION OF PARADISE ON EART.  THE WORD GARDEN COMES FROM PERSIAN ROOTS.  THEY HAVE ANCIENT ROOTS OF FOOD TYPES.  BREAD IS IMPORTANT.  BREAD IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.  SOME OF THE POPULAR TYPES ARE BAKED IN CLAY OVEN.  YOGURT IS A FERMENTED PROCESS.  THEY MAKE MANY MANY RICE DISHES.  BY EATING RICE THEY  FEEL THEY ARE GETTING CLOSE TO GOD.  THEY EAT MEATBALLS, LAMB, BAKLAVA, EGGS, AND SPROUTED WHEAT GRAINS.  SOME OF THE POPULAR TYPES ARE BAKED IN CLAY IN CLAY OVEN.  YOGURT IS A FERMENTED PROCESS THAT IS WIDELY  USED.  TEA IS A POPULAR DRINK.
 
SINCE THEIR 1979 REVOLUTION THEY HAD MORE RESTRICTIONS WITH OTHERS.  ONE OF THE LARGE SCALE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN FROM TRADITIONAL BACKGROUNDS SO THEY COULD GET JOBS.  TODAY THEY HOLD SCIENTIFIC, ART, LITERARY POSITIONS.  THEY MADE MODERN BRICK IN 6000 B.C.   THEY DEVELOPED FRUIT OF IRANIAN ORIGIN.

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