Shahsavan Nomads of Iran
A documentary by Arlene Dallalfar & Fereydoun Safizadeh (1979), 24 minutes
Monday June 14, 2004 6:30 PM

Arlene Dallalfar and Fereydoun Safizadeh arrived at the Shahsavan winter camps in the Moghan Steppe of Northwestern Iran in mid-April 1978 and spent two weeks observing the daily life in the winter camps. They prepared to undertake the elaborate spring migration that begins approximately 45 days after Norooz, the Iranian new year, and the spring equinox. "The main objective for the project was the visual preservation of fragments of nomadic lifestyle in Iran... I was also interested in the effects of rapid socio-economic change on the migratory patterns and practices of the Shahsavan," says Safizadeh [Read: "Yeyloq, Qishloq" See: "Shahsavan"]. Festival index

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