Ignorance is the most significant and beautiful pottery in Iran
Ignorance, or spherical and non-stationary drinking water jars, is currently produced only in this part of the country (Minab). Examples of this particular form have been observed in countries in East Africa. Due to its special properties, form and other additives in pottery (ash), this jar has an extraordinary efficiency in keeping the water cool. Jahleh has preserved its ancient form for centuries and has always been of interest to UNESCO. Is.
Its practical use today, due to progress and changes in people’s lifestyles, the arrival of refrigerators, etc., has significantly decreased and its buyers are very few, and today urban buyers use it more for decorative use. This unique dish is made in two stages by hand and by hand, and is much harder and more complicated than making a regular jar and requires special skills and experience.
Manual pottery wheel:
The construction of ignorance is done by a very basic manual wheel. These wheels are said to date back to the invention of the lower wheel. This wheel is unique in its kind in the world and is currently working only in the village of Shahvar Minab and only in one workshop.
The findings show that in three thousand five hundred years BC, a simple pottery wheel that was moved by hand, and now its use in the villages of Shahvar (Minab functions) and Kalpurgan …… It’s made a big difference in the industry.
This device, while simple with high production power, is able to maintain its rotational continuity with a single fast rotation and due to the weight of the plate, up to about 10 minutes, and with the rotation of the potter again, this rotation continues again on the plate.
Ignorance is made in several stages. At first, the potter starts making a long jar with a long neck.
After going through the steps, he spins the rule with a special skill and patience with wooden spoons. In the end, the body of ignorance becomes so smooth and uniform that it is impossible to see a trace of the blows of the spoon.
For cooking, the jellies are kept in the shade for a day and kept in the sun for three to four days and then prepared for transport to the oven. Jahleh baking ovens are also unique and come in the form of two cups that are connected by a ruler. The bottom of the fire pit and the top of the place where the ignorance is collected. Professor Abdullah Rahimi believes that only the leaves of the palm tree should be used to fuel the furnace, and energies such as oil and gas affect the smell and taste of the water in the ignorance.
After being placed in the upper opening of the furnace, the jellies are covered with a pile of previous furnace waste and broken pottery. After 4 to 5 hours, the furnace is turned off and one day it is released in the same way and then the ignorance is brought out.
Ignorance, like other handicrafts, has a history of consumption. If they lose their usefulness as machines and technology enter human life, they will fall into declining production.