Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Handicrafts, Shahrekord University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Shahrekord, Iran
Abstract
some of these rituals related to dolls are being forgotten due to neglect and it is necessary to research and study them as a page in the historical culture book. The present study attempts to identify the rituals associated with the native dolls of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari by examining 12 dolls using a descriptive-analytical method and answering the question: What rituals of the culture of the people of this region do the native dolls of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari reflect? Initial studies in the field of field studies and documents indicate that the native anthropomorphic dolls of the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari region are a remnant of the tribal and nomadic life of the inhabitants of these areas, which have undergone few changes in terms of raw materials, tools of manufacture, and changes in modern social trends. The native dolls of the parts under investigation were not merely toys for children in terms of function and mentality, and some of them had ritual functions in the social life of adults. They play an important role in the two categories of good and evil in order to achieve the aspirations of humans in the heart of a traditional society. Dolls have had a ritual function and have been important during times of illness, drought, and poverty, at the wedding of girls, at the birth of children, and to ward off harm from supernatural beings and, of course, potential enemies, as well as at other stages of life.
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