faramarz soleimani's persian songs
drawing by;morteza momayez
IT IS A FANTABULOUS FEELING TO BEGIN OUR ARTOUR ,MEANING ART TOUR,FROM IRAN,BY VISITING KANDOVAN,ALSO CALLED KANDU AN(HIVES),OR KANDEVAN=KANDEH +AN(DUG,P.P. of DIG,OR DUG OUT,LIKE IN BASEBALL GAME) .THIS IS LIKE SINGING PERSIAN SONGS AGAIN IN 2-3 DECADES AGO.
These words seem to be equivalent of TROGLODYTE: TROGLE=CAVE,HOLE +DYTE of DYEIN=TO ENTER.
OVERALL WE MAY GET AN IMAGE OF CAVE AND CAVEMEN FOR KANDOVAN OR KANDEVAN.
IN IRAN TUNNEL OF KANDEVAN IS LOCATED IN CHALUS ROAD ,IN ALBORZ MOUNTAIN OF SHOMAL (NORTH) AND SOME SHEPHARDS DUG OUT MAY LOOK LIKE KANDEVAN TOO.
THE OTHER KANDOVAN,NOW A SUBJECT OF OUR ARTOUR(ART TOUR) AND TOURIST ATRACTION IS LOCATED IN MAKU OF AZARBAYEJAN,NEAR TABRIZ AND ON THE MOUNTAIN OF SAHAND.THIS IS OF COURSE IN N.W .IRAN(BUT THE NOTE WITH THIS FREQUENTLY SENT EMAIL SAYS: N.E.,THAT HAS TO BE CORRECTED).A RESEMBLANCE OF KANDOVAN WITH SPANISH GOTHIC MINDED MODERN ARCHITECT:GAUDI,MADE ME THINK IF WE CAN CALL THESE "TROGAUDIYTE"
THE OTHER PLACE I LIKE TO CALL KANDOVAN IS MEIMAND,KERMAN WITH ITS ROCKY DUG OUT AND MORE LIKE A COMMUNITY WITH STREETS,ALLEYS,BAZAR AND MOSQUE.
I AM RETURNING YOUR FAVOR AND INVITING YOU TO SEE SOME PIX OF THESE FASCINATING PLACES IN IRAN.
THIS NOTE IS PARTLY WRITTEN BY USE OF MY PERSIAN TRVELIT OR TRAVELOGUE.
A TRANSLATION OF THE POEM FOR MEIMAND FROM AVAZ HAYE IRANI/PERSIAN SONGS WILL BE INCLUDED AT THE END.
TUNNEL OF KANDEVAN,CHALUS ROAD ,ALBORZ MOUNTAIN,MAZANDARAN ,IRAN .SHE IS OLDIE BUT STIIL ON THE ROAD AND ON THE RUN...
KANDOVAN,SAHAND,MAKU,AZARBAYEJAN ,NEAR TABRIZ,REGISTERED AS FARHADAN AND NOW A TOURIST SITE.THERE IS NO SIGNATURE OF ARCITEGHT OR ARCHITECTS WHO DESIGNED AND BUILT IT ,BUT STILL MADE IT TO OUR SELECTION IN ARTOUR
AREN'T WE ALL CAVEMEN AND CAVEWOMEN AFTER ALL ?!
سومین و شگفت انگیزترین روستای جهان: کندوان آذر بایجان
هفتصد سال است که همزمان با حمله مغولها مردم روستای کندوان در دل خانه هایی فرورفته در صخره های ماسه های فشرده زندگی میکنند!
...AND THIS ONE IS ANTONI GAUDI'S SPANISH VERSION OF KANDOVAN,IF YOU WILL!
IT LOOKS LIKE A PROJECT FOR FUTURISTIC DREAMS...
NOW LISTEN TO PABLO NERUDA ,THE CHILEAN POET,IN HIS ALTURAS DE MACCHU PICCHU/THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU...
MOTHER OF STONE AND SPERM OF CONDORS.
HIGH REEF OF HUMAN DAWN.
SPADE BURIED IN PRIMORDIAL SAND.
THIS IS THE HABITATION,THIS IS THE SITE
-F.S.08042009
MODIFIED 11252010
It looks as if the people who had lived in the swathe of land, known as Iran, in the past two and a half millennia, were in the forefront of the 1ST revolution in the evolution of the HomoSapiens:I.E.,the descent from the caves onto the plains and savanahs, followed by the invention---rather acquisition---of the art of agriculture, and creation of settlements. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteRahim
DEAR RAHIM.
ReplyDeleteIF YOU ASK ME AS AN IRANIAN,THE ANSWER IS YES.TO PROVE IT THEN ,I AM GOING TO REFER YOU TO SCOLARS OF THE FIELD AND THEIR DOCUMENTS,IF NOT BURNT DURING THOSE MILLENNIA THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR COMMENT.
BY THE WAY THANKS FOR STIMULUS.THERE ARE SOME MORE TO COME.
FARAMARZSOLEIMANI
HOSSEIN ATASHPARVAR,IRANIAN WRITER,SENT MORE PIX FROM MEYMAND AND THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE.I WILL PUBLISH THEM SOON WITH MY PIX,TRAVELIT AND THE POEM IN AVAZHAYE IRANI/PERSIAN SONGS:HEZAR NEGAH E SHEGEFT/A THOUSAND EYES OF AWE.
ReplyDelete...BAR GHALYE KAVIR
NAGHSH E SADEYE GUSFANDAN
VA CHUPAN/
...ON THE RUG OF DESERT
A SIMPLE DRAW OF SHEEPS
AND THE SHEPHARD.
TODAY,4 AZAR IS ATASHPARVAR'S BIRTHDAY AND WHAT A GOOD WAY TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM!