mountaineer natives of western mazandaran (the Galesh)

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

alaedin azare ¹ (استاد گروه تاریخ دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی شوشتر)

Received: 2016-01-26 Accepted : 2016-01-26 Published : 2007-06-22

Keywords: Javaherdeh, Ramsar, Tonekabon, Galesh, sara, kalam, dohezar, sehezar, jannat foudbar,

Abstract :

In the beginning of third millennium A.D, there are some people and clans living in our ancient country who are mostly dependent on their natural environment and have little tendency to leave it, they live either in the borders of dry deserts, or in mountains, mountainsides and forests. These people are loyal to their ancestors heritage, and respect the ceremonies, folklore and religions beliefs of them . But, in the course of time, some manifestation of modern civilization has been appeared among them, and they will soon forget whatever obtained from generation to generation, or those beliefs will disappear little by little. And, this is the coercion of history , and maybe the issue of GLOBAL VILLAGE, proposed by marshal mc luhan turns into reality. The galesh are one of the native people of Iran who have already kept most of their ancient ceremonies and beliefs, but their simple life is being quickly developed in the recent decades, and there is the fear that in the near future they will forget their beliefs. The author intends to briefly bring up the Galesh and specifications of their life, converse with them and retell what they remember from their ancestors. Therefore, this is rather a field (practical) research than a library one.