A look at the handicrafts of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
Director General of Cultural Heritage and Tourism of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province regarding the attraction of tourists to this province has said: This province is one of the top regions in the country in terms of nomadic tourism; Because it includes a special population of nomads.
Esfandiar Heydaripour stated: The nomads’ summer and winter have a special appearance and the way they move creates attractive and spectacular landscapes. He further pointed to other attractions of nomadic life and added: the black of the tents, nomadic clothes and the type of use of domestic animals has attracted tourism and in summer attracts a large number of people to nomadic areas.
Thus, the nomads of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari have an art in their heart called handicrafts that can attract many tourists to this land. Apart from affecting the economy of the province, this will definitely have a great impact on the life and economy of the nomads.
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari handicrafts are mainly influenced by the variety of production methods. Nomadic tribes, settled nomads, villagers and urban strata are involved in the production of this type of product.
In the nomadic society of the province, there are no modern industries and workshops and the craftsmen of this society are engaged in weaving handicrafts and their dominant activities are in the field of weaving chogha, khor and pouches, carpets and rugs, black tents, kilims, gloves and woolen hats and …. Is.
Bakhtiari handicrafts have characteristics and coordinates that can be distinguished from others by similar products. Some of these characteristics are as follows: Activity in the field of handicrafts is a women’s work that all stages are done by women and girls and men in Their production has no role.
Bakhtiari handicrafts, on the other hand, include only a variety of textures. Almost all Illyrian women and girls are familiar with them. Weavers also do not usually use maps for knitting unless they want to have a product similar to other products. Or when they receive an order for the customer that is required to perform the role and design proposed by the customer. So in general, the patterns they use to decorate the weaves are subjective.
In Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, there are various handicrafts that nomads use for spinning and weaving from raw materials prepared through their livestock.
Based on the characteristics of their social life, which requires self-production and self-consumption, this group of compatriots produces various and numerous products, some of which are: Lee, Hurjin (Khorjin), Carpet, Bear, Black Tent, Chogha, Wave, Veris, salt shaker (bag for storing salt), tablecloth, flour (khorj) and Mahdeh.
Flour cough or flour table. In the meantime, the creation of the flour table has its own reasons for its kind. Bread is the main food of Bakhtiari tribes and flour, which is the raw material for baking bread, is very sacred, and wheat, which is the main strength of Bakhtiari tribes, is very sacred and has a high status. So bread must have a special place for itself.
For this reason, a special tablecloth is woven for it, which in Bakhtiari dialect is known as Ardi cough. The flour tablecloth has a one-sided or grated texture, sometimes with a simple texture in the middle with a patterned border.
