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Among rugs woven in Kurdish villages of Persia, some can be found related to semi-nomadic or settled tribes. For instance, Koliaeis are living in Sangor that are active in weaving and producing elegan … read more

Sarab was one of the leading rug-producing centers in Azarbaijan. Although situated near Heris, rugs from this town greatly resemble those of the more distant Meshkin-Shahr.At the present thick and lo … read more

Basin playing is one of the musical customs of the people of Mazandaran, which has been directly related to the domestic life of the people of this area in the past.Mazandaran women used copper basins … read more

The town of Kashmar in the South-west of Khorasan produces a great number of large sizes with different designs from Kashan, Kerman, Tabriz, and Varamin.The main colors are red, dark blue. T … read more

Tabriz has manufactured the world’s largest hand knotted rug. It took seven years for 230 rug weavers to create the huge rug. It was put on the Guinness World Records during an international … read more

The finest rugs of Khorasan come from the Birjand region; the designs that are most preferred by the weavers of this region are Harati (bee fish) and Botteh.Orange-red, used with a contrasting blue ar … read more

An Important rug-weaving center of Kerman, Rafsanjan, Sirjan, and Mahan is a village by the name of Ravar that many erroneously call Lavar. It's situated in the northeast of Kerman, the rugs of this v … read more

Rug weaving in Kerman precedes the Safavid dynasty, yet the flourishing period was during the reign of the same rulers. After the fall of the Safavid dynasty, rug weaving began to lose its importance. … read more

Produced by the larva of a species of moth commonly called the silkworm, silk has been successfully cultivated in Persia. The finest silk for rug making traditionally comes from an area around the Cas … read more

Near the border of the central desert and along the road from Isfahan to Yazd is the city of Nain, famous for its fabulous and splendid rugs. Many years ago, the Aba (sleeveless cloak), was finely wov … read more

Mashhad is the largest weaving center in the northeast of Persia. In Mashhad, there is a tradition of weaving in the style of Kerman or Yazd.Mashhad has the reputation of not being very hard-wearing, … read more

The first month of the Persian solar calendar begins on the Spring equinox. It is celebrated worldwide by various ethnolinguistic groups and falls on or around March 21 of the Gregorian calendar.  … read more