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Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals in Iran

iran visa zoorkhane traditional sport

Iran Visa: Varzesh-e Pahlavani, widely known as Varzesh-e Bastani by mistake for the past seventy years, was originally an academy of physical training and a nursery for warriors against foreign invaders similar in purpose to Korean, Japanese and Chinese martial arts. However, throughout the last three thousand years it acquired, and was enriched with, different components of moral, ethical, philosophical, ...

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