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Posted by: mehdi rafiei /38670
The alley of "sulk and reconciliation" In the old town of Yazd,
there are alleys so narrow that if two passers-by pass each other, they have to stand to the side so that they can pass without jostling each other.
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Posted by: mehdi rafiei /22800
For thousands of years, wheat bread has been the staple food of people living in the Iranian plateau.
Despite the introduction of several new food ingredients, it still is the most abundant food on the table and accounts, on average, for 70% of daily caloric intake.
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Posted by: mehdi rafiei /42560
Ice dump in Kerman is a conical structure made out of straw and clay which covers a big hemisphere reservoir dug in the ground.
It was a place for preserving the ice.
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Posted by: mehdi rafiei /38880
Pigeon tower was used as a safe house and shelter for the pigeons but this wasn't the only function.
They were built around the farms to collect their droppings as fertilizer!
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Posted by: mehdi rafiei /26720
Qelyan, Chicha, Hookah, Narguilé, Water pipe, this is what is called this traditional tobacco smoking apparatus found in West Asia and North Africa.
It comes in various shapes and materials, but it works almost everywhere the same: tobacco is placed on hot charcoal, ...
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Posted by: mehdi rafiei /21690
Knockers are not only decorative accessories hung on heavy wooden doors, they have a special cultural connotation.
Women inside houses had to wear the hijab in the presence of people outside the close family members knocking on the door.