نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | | Dec 04 |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | | Dec 02 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | | Nov 30 |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | | Nov 29 |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
LOOKING FOR OLD FRIEND
by HOMER SABBAGH (not verified) on Thu May 07, 2009 03:18 PM PDTwell, with the info you mentioned , i belive your last name should be hobehaider.
I also lived in MIS for period of time ,and also attended shams davari school , funny thing that we used to be a beche mahel. any way if this is who i think it is please e mail @ accesstranslate@sbcglobal.net
homer sabbagh
Masjed Soleiman resident, 1971-74
by Hesam (not verified) on Sat Mar 08, 2008 04:00 PM PSTI was in Masjed-Soleiman, Khuzestan when I was in primary school (Shamse-Daavari). I remember our housekeeper was Bakhtiari. Her son was 17-18. My father found him a job in "Tank-saazi" and his answer was: "baayad ba pedar-madaram moshaavereh konam!" He didn't take the job!
Now I always say "Baayad ba pedar madaram Moshaavereh konam" when I don't wanna do something :)
Masjed-Soleiman memories are the best memories I have. We lived in "Panj-Bangeleh" area.
Nice pictures guys and gals, brought back the memories. But how did you communicate with Bakhtiari tribes?! The "international" sign language? :)
Cool
by Anonymous77 (not verified) on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:34 AM PSTThere! Just goes to show how cool Bakhtiari trousers look. By the way, I sometimes wear that male top with a miniskirt.
Thanks for the pictures
Ramin
by Majid on Fri Mar 07, 2008 02:21 PM PSTThat was a beautiful clip from Lori music.
Thanks
Beautiful People
by Ozhangk (not verified) on Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:46 PM PSTAs a person who grow up in MIS (masjed e Soliman) I must say that these pictures brought me beautiful memories of my boyhood. Thanks for sharing.
Here is some Lori music to go with the pictures
by ramintork on Fri Mar 07, 2008 05:18 AM PSTHere is some Lori music to go with the pictures.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18yU4Fj554
Who was this team, what was
by Carrie (not verified) on Thu Mar 06, 2008 03:01 PM PSTWho was this team, what was their shtick? Not often kharejees are roaming around. Insight into the context and perspective would have been so much better as other questions in the comments indicate.
Which area?
by Wolak on Thu Mar 06, 2008 09:31 AM PSTI love 12 and 39. It would be great if you have told us, In which part of Bakhtiari did you take your pictures?
Picture 37 floral design?!
by Anonymouse on Thu Mar 06, 2008 06:56 AM PSTThese are great pictures but what's up with picture 37? is she a tourist wearing local clothes or something? I don't think I have ever seen a dress with floral designs strategically placed there. Is that intentional?! Is that to piss off mullahs?!
I love your picture #34
by Shahriar on Thu Mar 06, 2008 05:50 AM PST.
Merian C.Cooper, GRASS, Bakhtiary's & King Kong ;0)
by Darius Kadivar on Thu Mar 06, 2008 02:45 AM PSTMark and Marianne Bravo !
Just wanted to bring to your Attention on Merian C.Cooper who was the first to film the Bakhtiary Migration in a wonderful milestone documentary called: GRASS: A nations Battle for Life I wrote about it for the Iranian a few years ago:
//iranian.com/Arts/2001/January/Grass/
He went on to make a career in Hollywood later making ... KING KONG:
//iranian.com/DariusKadivar/2006/January/Kong/index.html
I highly recommend you to read a recent biography on Cooper entitled Living Dangerously which is an amazing story and a few chapters are about Coopers film Grass and his friendship with the Bakhtiary. Its available on amazon.com:
Living Dangerously : The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong
Thanks for sharing your photos on this proud and Great Tribe.
Darius KADIVAR
My favourite is pic 20
by ramintork on Thu Mar 06, 2008 01:07 AM PSTI have a lovely Bakhtiari at home and love her to bits!
Thanks for sharing these Photos Mark.
Different theories...
by Kamangir on Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:36 PM PSTAs a Bakhtiari myself I have never been touch with nomadic Bakhtiaris, other than through pictures and documentaries. My father side of the family belongs to 'Haft Lang' clan being the 'Chahar Lang' the other main family. Years ago, I searched about the origins of the Bakhtiaris and there're different theories about their origin, some historians belive they moved to Persia from Syria, others claim that they are descendants of the Greek who moved to Persia after Alexander's conquest (It's said that the Persian always reminded the greeks that : Bakht shoma ra yari kard (destiny was on your side or helped you) (hence the word: Bakhtyaran)
Of course, then you have the main belief that they are one of the most pure Persians like the Lurs. Whatever their origin, their nomadic lifestyle is very unique.
Thanks very much for the beautiful pictures
Kamangir
INJA IRAN AST
by Anonymous123 (not verified) on Wed Mar 05, 2008 07:54 PM PSTI LOVE MY COUNTRY AND MISS IT DEARLY.
Thank you. The purity and
by Anonymous848 (not verified) on Wed Mar 05, 2008 06:46 PM PSTThank you. The purity and uprightness of the Bakhtiaris is a reminder of the soul of ancient Persia.
Beautiful photos!
by gol-dust on Wed Mar 05, 2008 06:43 PM PSTThanks a lot! on my last trip i had planned to go there, but i was unable to. Where is this? Please be more specific, if you can, so i can go there in 2 years. How were the people? jon
Great photos. #34 was so
by H2O (not verified) on Wed Mar 05, 2008 05:49 PM PSTGreat photos. #34 was so cute! awwe!
Amazing!
by PStrat (not verified) on Wed Mar 05, 2008 04:59 PM PSTAmazing photographs, landscape, mountains and colors!!! Merci Mark en Marianne!
My favorites
by Majid on Wed Mar 05, 2008 03:29 PM PSTI love 36, 42 and 50, but the outfit in pic#7 looks like a "piano"!
What was this trip all about? mountain climbing or???
And also, who are the people in the pics? other than locals.
Thanks anyway.