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From Persia to Tehr Angeles : a contemporary guide to understanding and appreciating ancient Persian culture / Kamran Sharareh.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Morgan James Publishing, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (142 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781614485780 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: From Persia to Tehr Angeles : a contemporary guide to understanding and appreciating ancient Persian culture.DDC classification:
  • 955 23
LOC classification:
  • DS266 .S537 2014
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An Iranian-American explains the history and heritage of his people, in both the old world and the new.

From Persia to Tehr Angeles is a fascinating look at everything from Persia's ancient past to the modern world of Persian-American immigrants in places like Los Angeles--offering a rich, rounded view a culture many are unfamiliar with.

For those who are part of this history, their friends and families, or anyone interested in this corner of the world, it's an enlightening look at traditions, food, religion, and other aspects of this complex society over many generations.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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I come from a country with ancient roots and woven carpets. A country where you could walk through the bazar and smell attar of roses. Where you could knock on the door of almost any anyone's home and walk inside without prior notice, and be welcomed with cups of tea fresh from the samovar, sweets, and smiles. In the country I come from, the New Year takes place in mid-March. And for over a month beforehand and a few weeks afterwards, it was celebrated with rituals such as: housecleaning (literal and symbolic); special cooking; burning dried weed to make a fire after sunset, and jumping over the fire (with young children in arms) to ensure good health in the coming year ("Take my yellowness, and give me your redness," the saying translates to--Zardi-man-az-to, sarkhi-to-az-man); giving away money; visiting one's extended family, starting with the elders; on the 13th day after the new year, picnicking outdoors to avert misfortune; and many more customs based on secular and religious premises. In the country I come from, marriages were arranged, and the process of choosing a bride was elaborate. By the time the wedding reception took place (which could be up to a year after the wedding ceremony, during which interval the husband and wife still would not have cohabited), all sorts of specific arrangements had been done and traditions enacted in order for the bride and groom to begin living their lives together. And it was a given that they were not only marrying each other: they were marrying the extended family as well--a whole community. Excerpted from From Persia to Tehr Angeles: A Contemporary Guide to Understanding and Appreciating Ancient Persian Culture by Kamran Sharareh All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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