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Zoorkhaneh
Photo essay: Traditional Iranian gym
Mehraneh Atashi
May 17, 2005
iranian.com
The breath of women is religiously prohobited in
the Zoorkhaneh -- a traditional centre of male sport where religion,
tradition, virility and the symbol of the Persian hero are all
mixed. The first day I entered the zoorkhaneh with mirrors reflecting
the sence all over, I suddenly found myself standing in front of
some big and strong men. It was so hard to gain the trust of these
extremly religious Moslems and to get their agreement to pose half-naked
in front of me and the mirror, but the magic of photography helped
me. I made sure to be peresent in each photo as a subject among
heroes.
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