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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