Zoroastrians are the inheritors of ancient Iran/attempt to register the world of Zoroastrian embroidery
The Director General of Museums of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts described Zoroastrians as one of the best inheritors of ancient Iran and said: We are trying to have the art of Zoroastrian embroidery registered as an intangible heritage in the near future.
From public relations and media affairs of the Department of Museums and Cultural Spaces of the University of Tehran, the specialized meeting “Zoroastrian embroidery art” and the opening of the exhibition “Paintings of Efat al-Maluk Khaja Nouri and Shaukat al-Maluk Shaghaqi” on Sunday with the presence of Esfandiar Okhti, representative of Zoroastrians in the Islamic Council, Morteza Adeebzadeh General Director of Museums of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Afshin Nimiranian, Chair of Tehran Zoroastrian Association, Mehrangiz Shahrazadi, Chair of Zoroastrian Women’s Organization, Mobad Khosroviani, representative of Mobdan Association, Babak Salah, Editor of Amrdad Weekly, Jahan Ara, Ali Golshan, Shirin Mazdapour, and a group of interested people. This art was held in the garden of Nagaristan Museum.
In this meeting, Morteza Adibzadeh stated that Iranian Zoroastrians are one of the best inheritors of ancient Iran, and stated: This year, the art of Turkmen needlework (Turkmen Dori) was registered as an intangible heritage of Iran in UNESCO, we are trying to promote Zoroastrian embroidery and other arts that women At the head of it are to be registered as intangible heritage in the near future.
Director General of Cultural and Social Affairs of Tehran University also mentioned the services and valuable works of Iran’s Zoroastrian community in this meeting and said: Despite their small population, their blessings and virtues are exponential and they produce good and blessings.
Mohammad Reza Akhzarian Kashani stated that the reason for this meeting is clothing, and continued: One of the most important symbols of introducing a person and a society as a collection of human beings is definitely clothing, and this is the reason why when most religions are formed, dress code is one of the first Customs and traditions are the foundation and these customs can characterize a tribe, religion or nation from each other.
He said: “For our society, the clothes and the happy and beautiful colors in the clothes designed by Zoroastrians, which are mainly flag colors such as green, white and red, are one of the most important civilizational indicators.”
Akhzarian Kashi said that according to the changes that have taken place in the world regarding clothing, one of the most important needs of our society today is to create new patterns for Iranian clothing that have both happiness, beauty and coverage.
Zoroastrians, the pioneers of Iranian culture
Also, a member of the academic faculty of the Department of Archeology of Tehran University said in the specialized meeting of “Zoroastrian embroidery” art: Zoroastrians are the flag bearers and pioneers of Iranian culture and we can say that we owe many of our subcultures and macrocultures to Zoroastrian society and we will try to make this peaceful coexistence possible. Let’s continue our culture.
Majid Montazer Zahoori continued by thanking the efforts of the organizers of this ceremony; All religions are like rosary threads that hold our society together.
In addition, Esfandiar Okhti, Mrs. Mehrangiz Shahrazadi and Mobed Khosroviani, while congratulating Sepandar Mozhgan and honoring the status of women in Iran, spoke about the art of Zoroastrian embroidery.
In this meeting, Ali Golshan spoke about the study of Zoroastrian clothing motifs in Iran, Shirin Mazdapour about the flowers and souvenirs of ancient painters, and Reza Majidi Najafabadi about the study of the historical fabrics of Moghadam Museum, the Zoroastrian embroidery collection.
At the end of this meeting, the exhibition “Paintings of Efat al-Muluk Khaja Nouri and Shawkat al-Muluk Shaghaghi” was opened in the museum of the Kamal al-Muluk School in the garden of Nagaristan Museum.