Wright: Iran Collection: Sheyr-e kodak-e dabestani
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| Description: | One of the rituals of schooling was for children to recite a poem for visitors. The first class, aged 7, have learnt a poem in Farsi, which one of them recites for me. |
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| Created: | 2011-11-10 13:16 |
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| Collection: | World Oral Literature Project Collections |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Susan Wright |
| Keywords: | Oral Literature; Oral Tradition; Linguistic Anthropology; Iran; Lur; Folk stories; Music; Rituals; Tribal life; Song; |
| Abstract: | Materials collected during field research for a D.Phil (Oxford University) in Iran in 1974 and 1975/6, and during short return visits in 1992, 1995, 1996. Audio recordings include: folk stories, music and songs, rituals, people’s own historical recollections. |
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