Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf

Traditional skills of building and sailing

UNESCO: Iranian Lenj vessels are traditionally hand-built from wood and are used by inhabitants of the northern coast of the Persian Gulf for sea journeys, trading, fishing and pearl diving. The traditional knowledge surrounding Lenjes includes oral literature, performing arts and festivals, in addition to the sailing and navigation techniques and terminology and weather forecasting, and the skills of wooden boat-building. Today, wooden Lenjes are being replaced by cheaper fibreglass substitutes and the philosophy, culture and traditional knowledge of sailing in the Persian Gulf are gradually fading.

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by jmyt17 on Fri Dec 02, 2011 02:03 AM PST

Hope one day, all of us can get united and do some-things for our country and our name Persian or Iranian.

History showed that we can do what ever we want if we are ONE.


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