LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:6 June 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

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The Effect of Siavoshan Rite on the Religious Performance of
Tazieh

Nasrin Mozafari, Ph.D. (Persian Literature)
Bushehr University of Medical Science. Bushehr, Iran

Sima Gharibey, M. A. English literature
Touba Shirkani, Bachelor of Dramatic Literature

Abstract

Persian culture and art is one of the richest heritages of culture and art in the world history. In every country, its culture and art are rooted in that country’s religions, myths, customs, beliefs, etc. In Iran, mythology is among those issues that played a significant role in the emergence of some original Persian cultures and arts. Among these, the myth of Siavosh can be mentioned. This myth has been referred to in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. In ancient Persia, after the innocent death of Siavosh, each year a ceremony had been held in order to commemorate the memory of this innocent martyr. After the advent of Islam in Iran, valuable arts, most of which indebted to Persian culture and art, emanated: the art of performing Tazieh of Imam Hossein and his companions which is rooted in Siavoshan Rite. In this article, we take a look at Siavosh’s myth and Siavoshan’s rite in ancient Persia in brief, then investigate the impact of this rite on the creation of Imam Hossein’s Tazieh after Islam.

Keywords: Myth, Tazieh, Siavosh, Siavoshan.

Persian Art and Islam

The history of culture and civilization in Iran dates back to more than two thousand years before the advent of Islam. Studying Iran’s ancient history acquaints us with a great culture and civilization and Persian art with its diversity and development has a special place in the huge collection of Persian culture and civilization; a culture which is derived from human’s beauty-loving spirit and man has the ability to be a creator.

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Nasrin Mozaffari, Ph.D. (Persian Literature)
Assistant Professor of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
Department of General Courses
mozafare@yahoo.com

Sima Gharibey, M.A. English Literature
sgharibey@gmail.com

Touba Shirkani, Bachelor of Dramatic Literature
Tooba_shirkani@yahoo.com

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