Tag: Kurdistan

By Dr. Farzaneh Mohammadi Professor of Iranian Folk Studies University of Yazd As I stand in the ancient village of Abyaneh, watching elderly women prepare for the Baran Khahi ceremony, memories of my childhood in rural Isfahan flood back. The…
The Kurmanj Kurds, also known as Northern Kurds, are a significant ethnic group within the broader Kurdish population in Iran. They inhabit the northern and northwestern regions of the country, primarily in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Khorasan, and Kurdistan….