Iranian Folk Dances, a Cultural Attraction for Tourists

Subject Areas : Journal of Cultural Management

Arghavan Asadi ¹ , Seyyed Saeed Seyyed Ahmadi Zavieh ² , Abbas Ardekanian ³

1 - Corresponding
2 - faculty member of Tehran University of Art, Iran
3 - عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد بوشهر، ایران

Received: 2013-08-08 Accepted : 2013-10-12 Published : 2014-07-23

Keywords: Culture, Iranian folk dances, Cultural Tourism, ethnics, Identity, tourist&#x0D, &#x0D, attraction,

Abstract :

Introduction and Purposes: Iranian folk dances are derived from ritual and mythicalroots, which can still be found among locals in some regions; therefore as a legacythey own cultural value and have the potential to give the society and culture of itsoriginated country a unique identity.Unfortunately this phenomena as a cultural product has become limited andundervalued. My purpose in this research is to recognize record and revive Iranianfolk dances once again as a cultural attraction for tourists.Research Method: This research has been gathered by qualitative descriptiveanalyticalmethod, using library documentation.Conclusion: Iranian folk dances with their ancient roots in culture just like all theother phenomena in folklore are derived from fundamental concepts of life andtherefore are compatible with the structure of lives, intellectual and morality ofvariant Iranian ethnics with themes such as happiness, lyrics, epics, battles and labor;because of this and also their positive enduring values they are considered as one ofthe cultural attraction of this land.