Toudeshk
Photo essay: Between Isfahan and Naeen
Ben Bagheri
September 5, 2005
iranian.com I went to Iran late July and spent a couple of weeks,
mainly in Tehran
and a couple of days in the birthplace of my parents between
Isfahan and
Naeen. My parents' roots are in and around Toudeshk and Toudeskhachou
(little Toudeshk), on the outer edges of Iran's central deserts.
These
two villages have now expanded and merged into a township named
after
the bigger of the two, Toudeshk. The newly municipalized Toudeshk
has a
brand new city hall and a mayor!
My main purpose for traveling to Toudeshk was to
pay my respects at the
gravesite of my aunt Fatemeh who passed away less than a year
ago. If
you've been away if a relative, especially an elder relative
passes away, it's the tradition to pay your respects as soon as
you return
and
are able to attend.
Toudeshk and Toudeshkachou still have many old houses
that are great
examples of late 19th and early to mid-20th century mud and brick
rural
architecture of the area. The photos in this first set depict
my approach to Toudeshkachou on the main Isfahan-Naeen highway
and
several
shots I took in a 100+ year-old house that is sadly in the process
of
being demolished!
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