The investigation of the Travel Accounts approaches to Iranian folklore in Ghajars era
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Keywords: culture, Ghajar, folklore, Iranology, European Tourists, Travel Account,
Abstract :
Travel account is known as the most important sources for folklores researches. European Travel accounts in Ghajars era, both quantitatively and qualitatively, have most value for identification and investigation of Iranian culture. Folklore, Dudes, rituals and customs and traditions of Iranians have been representade in Travel accounts in Ghajars era, widely. Also European travel accounts are a great source for Iranian studies and are considered to be the main foundations of Western Iranian studies. Therefore, the way in which this culture is represented in European writings is very important. This essay has tried to study and analyze the strains and details of some Iranian beliefs, rituals, and morals by reviewing these travel accounts and categorizing data related to the culture of the people of Iran. This study shows that most of the data have been gathered with a positive or impartial approch and descriptive to the folklore of the Iranian people, and a small part of the data has been done with a negative or Orientalistic approach.
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