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World Heritage connection: Meidan Emam, Esfahan

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Sadeh/Sada celebration

La célébration du Sadeh/Sada

Sadeh, or Sada, is a celebration held annually on 30 January. In the folk calendar, it marks the day when farmlands are prepared for their next spring plantation and when people celebrate the end of the coldest winter days, with 50 days and 50 nights remaining to spring. Accordingly, ‘Sadeh’ means ‘one hundred’. The element enjoys...

Global DiasporasIran, Islamic Republic of / TajikistanNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan

Les savoir-faire traditionnels du tissage des tapis à Kashan

Long a centre for fine carpets, Kashan has almost one in three residents employed in carpet-making, with more than two-thirds of the carpet-makers being women. The carpet-weaving process starts with a design, elaborated from among a series of established styles, including motifs such as flowers, leaves, branches, animals and scenes...

South AsiaIran, Islamic Republic ofNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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