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In a cloud of Esfand smoke 1.5 hours after the ceremony the bride and groom arrive triumphant to the 350 strong crowd at the reception. Since the Groom is from SOuth Iran the ladies do the South Iranian hankercheif dance and uluation to welcome them (called rakhs e dastmal junubi). <<< PREVIOUS.............>>>>>>> NEXT
I am an Iran-born U.S. citizen (Iranian mother, American father) who has been traveling the last 17 month through 9 developing countries (Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, China, Thailand, Laos, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and now Turkey in that order). These are photos from my trip to Iran earlier this year -- my first visit in 27 years (I was a year old when we left the country). From a cultural perspective Iran was the most amazing country I have ever explored. Wide and deep, the joy of family, exquisite food, 7,000 years of culture that shows, orgasmic tilework, a whole terrain of stirring classical music and poetry, a strong connection to living history, it is the sacrum of the Eurasian continent where all cultures find thier source and a deep spiritual tradition pours fourth from every direction in poetry and heart-rending song. Political isolation, victim of mistakes and great victories, the country is cloaked thickly in mystery for a West which has only been shown repeated tape reels of black-clad people buring flags and shouting "Death to America". I have tried to reveal the rich, human side of a country, which in an environment of global war, is at risk.
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