This research aims to study the mystical and romantic interpretations of the polo and the polo ball terms in Persian poems. In different periods of Persian language and literature, poets have used various interpretations to express their concepts and intents, and they o More
This research aims to study the mystical and romantic interpretations of the polo and the polo ball terms in Persian poems. In different periods of Persian language and literature, poets have used various interpretations to express their concepts and intents, and they occasionally have benefited from common interpretations and idioms of their era to restate such concepts. Poets have sometimes expressed their personal feelings and emotions in romantic and mystical themes with " Polo" and " Polo ball" terms. The present study is the descriptive type with the historical method, which has been done with an analytical approach. Our findings indicated that, Persian poems are filled with "Polo" and "Polo ball" terms, used to describe the hair length, chin, face, and moles of the beloved, as well as the description of the submission and humbleness of the lover to the beloved in romantic themes. They also have been used to express submission, and as an allegory for ignoring worldly longings and arrogance in mystical themes. The expression of "Polo" and "Polo ball" terms in the lyric poetry and abundant use of these words in Persian literature indicate the popularity of this game in different periods of the Persia history and the poets’ familiarity with the Polo sport might be due to the prevalence of this game in Iran.
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Polo tourism is of particular importance in many countries. In this respect, many successful attempts have been made by providing various exciting programs and rituals and presenting tourism packages to attract tourists interested in this sport. This study aimed to expl More
Polo tourism is of particular importance in many countries. In this respect, many successful attempts have been made by providing various exciting programs and rituals and presenting tourism packages to attract tourists interested in this sport. This study aimed to explain the strategic planning of polotourism development in Iran. This was an applied study conducted using the quantitative-descriptive design. The target population was a panel of polo, tourism, culture and physical educationexperts. A sample of 256 experts was selected using the purposive sampling method. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire, the face and content validity of which was evaluated by a number of sports and tourism management professors, and for the overall reliability, the Cronbach's alpha value was0.86. This study showed that the managerial factor regarding the polo tourismpolicy-making and planning, the Polo Federation and its boards' level of awareness and attention to polo tourism were ranked third.The "Federation's emphasis on polo tourism development" ranked first among the managerial factors with value 6.13, while the "provincial boards' awareness of polotourism" ranked last with value 3.21. Policy making, planning, and especially provincial boards' awareness of polo tourism ranked last in terms of average value. Therefore, in order to achieve tourism objectives, we should prioritize policy-making, planning, and raising the executive agents' level of awareness.
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The purpose of the present study was recognition and prioritization of existing problems in Polotourism in Iran. Polotourism has a special place and importance in the world and those countries that have the technical knowledge of this sport or have programs and several More
The purpose of the present study was recognition and prioritization of existing problems in Polotourism in Iran. Polotourism has a special place and importance in the world and those countries that have the technical knowledge of this sport or have programs and several exciting ceremonies and provide tourist packages for fans of this sport have had successful efforts in this field.The method used in this research was a correlation survey in which a researcher made questionnare was used. The statistical society for this study included the experts of three domains; Polo sport, physical education and sport, tourism and cultural heritage. Because there was not any sufficient knowledge in the statistical society about this filed, the purposive sampling method was used. There were 195 people as statistical samples in this study. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for the stability of the questionnaire, total measure for all questions is 0.91 and for managerial, cultural and infrastructural factors accordingly were 0.86, 0.89, and 0.81 respectively.The results showed that with average of 2.08, cultural factor was the first significant problem of Polotourism. After that infrastructural factor with average of 2.06 and managerial factor with average of 1.86 were in the second and third importance rank. It can be concluded that for developing Polotourism in Iran, development in the cultural affairs should be devoted closer attention, and programing and exact managing that are the base and foundation of each system, should be under consideration too. Finally, through developing the infrastructural factors, we can also expand Polotourism.
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