Comparison of Jajim and Jajim weaving among Iranian tribes
The geographical distribution of nomads and villagers of Iran who are engaged in jajim weaving, shows that this weave is specific to cold areas, mountains and foothills.
Among the nomads of Iran, the tribes of Talesh in Gilan, the Kurds of West Azerbaijan, Baneh, Saqez, Marivan, Oraman, Sanandaj, Kamyaran, Jaf Javanroudi of Kermanshah, Oraman of Lohun and Kermanshah had Jajim weaving. Even now, Kurdish weavers, especially the Kurds of Mahabad, weave jajimi with bright and cheerful colors from fleece and goat hair, which is mostly used to wrap the bed and the like.
Jajim weaving was also popular among the Turkic-speaking Qashqais of the Persian region. The length of jajimi woven by Qashqai women is more than four meters and its width is less than two meters, which is mostly used to cover furniture inside tents and bedspreads (such as blankets). Almost all the jajims of the Qashqai tribe are two-piece, but very delicate jajims are woven in three or four pieces.
The use of simple congressional motifs is very common in the Jajim weaving of the Qashqai tribe, and the motifs of the forbidden motifs of this tribe have only the motif of repeated and continuous congressional rows.
In Qashqai jajims, both procedures are the same in terms of role and color, and although the wefts are also evident, it is dominated by warp strands. The warp falls on the fabric. Among the Bakhtiari lors, a kind of jajim weaving called jajimi is common.
Bakhtiari women weave it in the form of thin strips eighteen to 35 cm wide and twenty to 25 meters long, made of wool. After weaving, it is divided into pieces of appropriate length and sewn together from the side; As a result, an integrated surface is obtained that consumes the blanket. The Bakhtiari people also use belt-like tapes to produce belt-like ribbons, known as “avar-tahdeh”. The width of these strips is equal to the width of one of the strips of one of the Jajim boards (about seven to ten centimeters). These straps are used to carry the baby cradle on the mother’s back during migration.
The general role of Jajim Bakhtiari boards is in the form of long strips along it. Out of about 45 patterns that are present in Bakhtiari weaves, only six of them are compatible with the type and technique of Jajimi weaving, which are: scissors or dick blade; Black teeth; A flower or a flower; Gul Pikah or Golkhali; Hatch flower and the role of the ascendant or bird. Among the Turkish Shahsoon nomads of the Moghan plain, there are very delicate jajims, all of which are woven with the role of narrow taboos and usually more than three pieces. Among these, jajim is a very common procedure, and it is jajim that the strands of extra threads, which create the pattern, are stretched freely between the two motifs, without passing under and on the wefts, behind the hand-woven fabric. The Shahs also use the Jajim Baft tape to strengthen around the pavilions.
Among the Turkmen, similar Jajimi tapes called Dorluq Yakha (to strengthen the Tarmi) and embroidery (to strengthen the times) are used.
The Kurdish nomads around Quchan and the Lorians of Itvand, Boyer Ahmad and Mamasani are other nomads who have been involved in Jajim weaving. Jajim texture is one of the important areas in Iran, Hamedan and Zanjan. Taleghan has also been one of the important areas of Jajim weaving in Iran. In 1328 AH, among about 43 villages in the villages of Taleghan Bala and Taleghan Vesata, jajim weaving was popular and was considered as one of the occupations of women.
The width of each Taleghan Jajim board was about 25 cm and their length varied from two to four meters, depending on consumption. The boards were usually sewn together in such a way that the length and width of the jajim were equal. If it was to be thrown on a chair, the length of the boards would be four meters, and as a result, sixteen Jajim boards would be sewn together from the side so that its width would be four meters. This jajim protected the quilt on the chair and weighed it and kept it clean. Its various colors and patterns also decorated the house.
It was used instead of rug weaving (in the local language: Chartali) and in summer instead of bedspreads and hand-woven blankets. Jajim was not used as a rug or carpet, except when necessary. Jajims with longer length (three meters) and less width (two meters) were used to cover the beds. Jajim Taleghan was woven from fleece. The women spun the wool with a spindle (in the local language: chool).
Local dyers dyed the wool green, red, blue, and blue. The dyed yarns made up the weaves of the fabric and were woven from monochromatic (usually black) or self-dyed wool. The role of Jajim (called Darzaboteh, Moshe Dandan, etc.) is created by these threads.
Having a few Jajims in the house was a sign of wealth and wealth. Today, jajim weaving has disappeared in all villages of Taleghan, and the remaining jajims have become antiques and family memorials.