Persian Nomads: Boyer-Ahmadi Tribes
Los Angeles Home of Rugs on Feb 4th 2022
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad have located southwest of Persia. It is a mountainous region where the Zagros Mountains range covers most northern and eastern parts. The highest point is Dena Mountain, with 4409 meters above sea level. Considering the geographical features of this area, the more you move from the north-eastern mountains to the south-western regions, the height of the mountains and the humidity of the weather significantly decrease, which causes this area to have two distinct cold Boyer-Ahmad and hot Kohgiluyeh regions. Therefore, Persian nomads have found it an ideal home from the earliest times of civilization.
One of the most important protected territories of the wildlife in this province is Dena, which is rich in species of plants and animals. There are different kinds of trees, forest plants, lawns, herbs, and edible plants crucial economic resources for local people. This area is also the home of many animals such as large brown bears, leopards, wolves, wild cats, and birds like eagles, hawks, partridges, skylarks, and other local birds like Kamarkoli and Sangcheshm.
Music among Boyer-Ahmadi nomads - like other tribes of nomads - enjoys high respect. These tribes of Boyer-Ahmadi nomads play and sing special folk songs called "Ghass". The musical instruments used to compose such songs are kettledrum, Persian oboe, and a kind of reed flute called Pīsheh. Common folk dances include the Dopā, Sarpā, Chūb, Sad Dastmālī, Yālābeh, Bakhtīārī, Narmeh-Narmeh and Torkī Shah Farangī.
Making handicrafts is a common art and a source of income among the nomad tribes. They have been involved in rug weaving, coarse blanket weaving, and Gachmeh weaving. Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad have Lor ancestors, and they also speak in the Lori dialect.