Culture and history info
Generally speaking in the cities of Iran which are away from the center,the culture and lifestyle of the people is not westernized as it is in central cities like Tehran and Isfahan. Zahedan has also the same story,we can still see people wearing their traditional outfits and respecting rituals and old customs.In Zahedan you will see men all dressed in long white dresses and women wearing colorful cloths.
Besides the appearance,culture is also preserved,people here have kept their traditions and rituals of old times.For example,people have a very interesting preparation for Ramadan cleaning their houses and mosques,paying for religious figures who pray for them in mosque for the whole Ramadan and so on.
In every part of Iran we not only can see a different lifestyle and culture but also we can see how this difference which I myself believe is a result of a different climate and environment people are engaged with,has also reflected in their way of cooking foods and even eating them.In Zahedan you can enjoy delicious dishes that are not found anywhere else in Iran.
One thing that is notably bold here is music and dance and the way people are engaged with it.Music is and inseparable aspect of the life of the people of Zahedan,they have their own music genre and also typical instruments for it.Dancing is also comes in different types depending on the ceremony being held.It's interesting to know that people devote 3 nights and day celebrating weddings and during this time they have 8 different rituals and in every single one,they practice a special type of music and dance.
It can be a big surprise for you to know that the history here dates back 30 centuries BC .In the middle east we have had different civilizations emerged at a point of the history and disappeared at on other point.One of the most ancient one is known as burnt city or Shahre Sokhte which emerged almost 5 thousands years ago.Ancient civilization usually appeared near water resources like rivers and lakes,The burnt city also was near Hamoon river from which now we can only see a narrow and shallow river.A brutal climate change could have been the reason of the disappearance of this civilization.
What is interesting about the ruins of this ancient civilization is the discoveries achieved by the archaeologists proving that it was a civilized city where professions such as textile industry,black-smiting and even cosmetic surgeries like eye ball implantation all of which requiring high level of social advances had been there.
