Kalpurgan pottery is a masterpiece of Baloch women artist
Baloch women who have been active in Kalpurgan for thousands of years have preserved the masterpiece of Paleolithic art and with all the difficulties of life, cultivate their inner sense of art.
The historical antiquity of Kalpurgan pottery has made it world famous, so much so that even archeological findings indicate that the pottery obtained from the burnt city was all supplied from Kalpurgan and transported to this city by camel.
Kalpurgan village in Sistan and Baluchestan with historical pottery and world fame is a masterpiece of thought and art of Sistan and Baluchestan women in the land of Iran. It has not diminished, but has added more and more to its artistic values.
The creators of Kalpurgan pottery have always been women throughout history. They do not use wheels for pottery, but make pottery by hand and use special geometric shapes to decorate its surface, which are very old.
All the pottery decorations are renewed and mental symbols that are remembered from generation to generation and express the spiritual desires of the artist and sometimes show the beliefs and beliefs that originate from the environment.
Kalpurgani artists prepare Hajj flowers from a mountain called Shokotak and beat them with a special circular stone to crush and soften them. After sieving, they pour the soil into a pond with water and purify it in a completely traditional way. It stays in the pond for two days, after which the water is drained, the settled mud is removed, and after kneading, it is prepared for making pottery.
The flower is placed in a pottery-like plate with a piece of linen cloth on the bottom, and the dish is made by hand. It is just being formed.
Kalporeh is the name of a plant with special medicinal use in Baluchistan region and Kalpurgan is a village 25 km from Saravan city and 390 km south of Zahedan.
The majority of people work in agriculture, and the products are dates, citrus fruits and vegetables. But the only characteristic that distinguishes Kalpurgan from other regions is its pottery, the method of which is still intact, dating back to about 4 to 6 thousand years ago, and the only workshop that still continues to work in a primitive and active way is the pottery workshop. Is Kalpurgan.
Throughout history, the art of pottery has belonged to women because men hunted or farmed, and according to historical evidence, women were the inventors of the art of pottery.
It may not be economically viable to make traditional Kalpurgan pottery in the new era, and it may be better to employ the labor force in places that are more productive in terms of productivity and productivity, but abandoning this rich art means The destruction of civilization is 6000 years old. What makes this art especially important is that it does not change the way it is made in the long run.
