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DUK10061340_022
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Ladies Dancing, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and trumpets, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
After a few hours, the bride and the groom arrive in a car. They are greeted by the crowd and blessed with the Quran and incense by older women. They sit on chairs and the crowd gathers around them.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.003/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_009
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Ladies And Men Dancing, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, men dressed in Western clothes or wearing Bakhtiari pants play a traditional outdoor game, the purpose of which is to hit the opponentÕs body with oneÕs stick.
Then guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and horns, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
Finally, the bride and the groom join the dance.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.107/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_021
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Ladies And Man Dancing, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and trumpets, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
After a few hours, the bride and the groom arrive in a car. They are greeted by the crowd and blessed with the Quran and incense by older women. They sit on chairs and the crowd gathers around them.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.004/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_019
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Ladies And Man Dancing, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and trumpets, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
After a few hours, the bride and the groom arrive in a car. They are greeted by the crowd and blessed with the Quran and incense by older women. They sit on chairs and the crowd gathers around them.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.002/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_010
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Traditional Outdoor Stick Game Between Men, Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, men dressed in Western clothes or wearing Bakhtiari pants play a traditional outdoor game, the purpose of which is to hit the opponentÕs body with oneÕs stick.
Then guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and horns, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
Finally, the bride and the groom join the dance.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.104/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_004
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Men Dancing,Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, men dressed in Western clothes or wearing Bakhtiari pants play a traditional outdoor game, the purpose of which is to hit the opponentÕs body with oneÕs stick.
Then guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and horns, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
Finally, the bride and the groom join the dance.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.111/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_017
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Bride And Groom Sitting With Guests Around, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017. Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and trumpets, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
After a few hours, the bride and the groom arrive in a car. They are greeted by the crowd and blessed with the Quran and incense by older women. They sit on chairs and the crowd gathers around them.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.029/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_020
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Men Dancing, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and trumpets, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
After a few hours, the bride and the groom arrive in a car. They are greeted by the crowd and blessed with the Quran and incense by older women. They sit on chairs and the crowd gathers around them.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.005/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_011
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Singer, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and trumpets, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
After a few hours, the bride and the groom arrive in a car. They are greeted by the crowd and blessed with the Quran and incense by older women. They sit on chairs and the crowd gathers around them.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.012/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_008
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Traditional Outdoor Stick Game Between Men, Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, men dressed in Western clothes or wearing Bakhtiari pants play a traditional outdoor game, the purpose of which is to hit the opponentÕs body with oneÕs stick.
Then guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and horns, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
Finally, the bride and the groom join the dance.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.103/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_005
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Drum Player,Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, men dressed in Western clothes or wearing Bakhtiari pants play a traditional outdoor game, the purpose of which is to hit the opponentÕs body with oneÕs stick.
Then guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and horns, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
Finally, the bride and the groom join the dance.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.110/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_014
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Man Dancing, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and trumpets, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
After a few hours, the bride and the groom arrive in a car. They are greeted by the crowd and blessed with the Quran and incense by older women. They sit on chairs and the crowd gathers around them.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.016/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_013
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Horn Player, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and trumpets, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
After a few hours, the bride and the groom arrive in a car. They are greeted by the crowd and blessed with the Quran and incense by older women. They sit on chairs and the crowd gathers around them.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.011/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_006
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Bride And Groom Dancing With The Guests,Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017. Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, men dressed in Western clothes or wearing Bakhtiari pants play a traditional outdoor game, the purpose of which is to hit the opponentÕs body with oneÕs stick.
Then guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and horns, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
Finally, the bride and the groom join the dance.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.112/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
(c) Dukas -
DUK10061340_003
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Traditional Outdoor Stick Game Between Men, Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, men dressed in Western clothes or wearing Bakhtiari pants play a traditional outdoor game, the purpose of which is to hit the opponentÕs body with oneÕs stick.
Then guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and horns, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
Finally, the bride and the groom join the dance.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.101/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
(c) Dukas -
DUK10061340_030
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Ladies Dancing,Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and trumpets, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
After a few hours, the bride and the groom arrive in a car. They are greeted by the crowd and blessed with the Quran and incense by older women. They sit on chairs and the crowd gathers around them.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.001/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_015
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Bride and Groom Greeted By Guests, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017. Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and trumpets, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
After a few hours, the bride and the groom arrive in a car. They are greeted by the crowd and blessed with the Quran and incense by older women. They sit on chairs and the crowd gathers around them.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170411.IRN.021/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_002
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Young Man, Traditional Bakhtiari Wedding In The Countryside In The Region of Ab Bid, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 11/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. They have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, men dressed in Western clothes or wearing Bakhtiari pants play a traditional outdoor game, the purpose of which is to hit the opponentÕs body with oneÕs stick.
Then guests dance in a big circle to the sound of drums and horns, women and men together, most of them wearing traditional Bakhtiari clothes.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Women are dressed in traditional Bakhtiari costumes which consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colourful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and head wraps are also commonly worn with ornaments or hand-stitched designs sewn in.
Finally, the bride and the groom join the dance.
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Man Wearing Traditional Costume, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.011/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Man Wearing Traditional Costume Inside Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.004/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Father With Two Sons Inside Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.020/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Man preparing Opium Inside Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.005/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Family Wearing Traditional Costume with Man Holding Gun, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.009/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Man Wearing Traditional Costume smoking opium pipe inside tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.006/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Man Wearing Traditional Costume Inside Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.003/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Mother Wearing Traditional Costume Under A Tree, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.026/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Father and Son Holding Gun And Wearing Traditional Costume, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.013/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Man Wearing Traditional Costume Preparing Tea Inside Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.018/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_029
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Daughter Wearing Traditional Costume Under A Tree, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.027/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_043
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Young Man Holding Hunted Stuffed Bird, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.016/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Woman with hair tied around her neck as sign of marriage, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.010/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Boy Holding Tray With Hunted Stuffed Bird, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.021/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Hunted Stuffed Bird Hanging From the Ceiling of a Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.015/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_028
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Mother With Two Daughters Wearing Traditional Costume Under A Tree, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017. Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.024/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_042
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Son Holding Gun And Wearing Traditional Costume, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.014/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_041
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Mother and Son Holding Gun And Wearing Traditional Costume, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.012/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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DUK10061340_027
REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Daughter Wearing Traditional Costume Under A Tree, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.025/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Family Wearing Traditional Costume Dancing In The Mountains, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.022/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Mother With Two Daughters Wearing Traditional Costume Under A Tree, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017. Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.023/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Boy Inside Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017. Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.002/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Woman Cleaning Dishes In Front Of Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.007/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Man Wearing Traditional Costume Holding Hunted Stuffed Bird On A Tray Indide Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.019/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Man with Gun Wearing Tradtional Costume, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.008/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Man Wearing Traditional Costume In Front Of Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.001/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Woman Sewing Inside Tent, Chahar Bori Tribal Subdibision of Bakhtiari Nomads, Winter Settlement Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 10/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Costumes of women consist of a headdress, a knee-length dress slit on the sides with long sleeves and a long, colorful, 8 to 10 m long several-layered full skirt gathered around the waist. Skirts are paired with separate shirts and matching vests or shawls. Long scarves and wraps for the head are also commonly worn with ornaments (e.g. coins) or hand-stitched designs sewn in. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170410.IRN.017/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Bakhtiari NomadsÕ Summer Migration With Sheep and Goats Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 09/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170409.IRN.018/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Bakhtiari NomadsÕ Summer Migration With Sheep and Goats Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 09/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170409.IRN.019/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Bakhtiari NomadsÕ Summer Migration With Sheep and Goats Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 09/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170409.IRN.021/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Bachtiaren Nomaden
Bakhtiari NomadsÕ Summer Migration With Sheep and Goats Near Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, IRAN - 09/04/2017.
Bakhtiaris are a tribe of ca. 1 million people who live in the Zagros mountains. Some are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer and winter quarters. Bakhtiaris have been able to keep their civilization intact through mostly marrying within their own tribe.
Men wear a costume composed of a felt cap (kolah), a shirt and vest, long trousers of varying degrees of fullness, and sandals (giveh). Typical male costume is the chuqa, a straight, knee-length, sleeveless tunic of natural white wool with vertical indigo stripes. The trousers (shalwlar-e Dabit) constitute are the most distinctive part of Bakhtiari male dress: they are black and cut very wide (120 cm around the leg).
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA.//DOMMERGUESFO_20170409.IRN.020/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101830 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806029
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REPORTAGE - Iran: Das Leben in der Provinz Khorasan
Elderly female villager in the streets, Rooieen (Ruin), a traditional rural village, North Khorasan Province, IRAN - 01/04/2017.
Located a few kilometres North of Esfarayen, in a remote mountainous valley, it seems that time has stopped in the small authentic village of Rooieen (Ruin). The village populated by 2,600 souls is famous for its handicrafts and ancient buildings, which demonstrate the wealth of Persian history.
Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA//DOMMERGUESFO_20170401.IRN.017/Credit:DOMMERGUES/SIPA/1705101814 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) *** Local Caption *** 00806026
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