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Abdollah Motavali

Abdollah Motavali

Academic rank: Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Humanities
Address: Arak University
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Research

Title
A Review of Recreational and Joyful Traditional Celebrations ‎during the Safavid Era
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Safavids, celebration, recreation, hunting, entertainment
Year
2019
Journal The International Journal of Humanities
DOI
Researchers Abdollah Motavali ، Mohammad Hasanbeigi ، Farhad Sabouri far

Abstract

Entertainment and recreation have been one of the conventional patterns in different societies. The society of Safavids Era was not an exception as well. Having different recreation programs in various forms had some justifications in this society. Getting away of the problems, creating spiritual relaxation, and developing a kind of social solidarity were among important reasons of having recreation ceremonies; However, many of these celebrations were governmental or at least available documents report these kinds of celebrations. The article is searching about typology of the main recreations and entertainments which were common in Safavids Era.