the people and nation of central asia: turkmans live in the north of afghanistan and the east of the caspian sea and at some parts of turkmenistan and uzbekistan.iranian turk-mans live in the north east of iran in turkman sahra.they have a special, rich and indige-nous culture. there are many fables and beliefs on the making of turkman carpets. here we recall the tale of “agh-morad”3 . mos...

ghazal-khâni, known in the official milieu as kuchebâghi, is a form of free-metered song using poems from the oral tradition, and sometimes even classical poems, sung especially in tehran and the city of rey by amateur singers who belong, in most cases, to a particular socio-cultural class. the place of this vocal genre in official iranian culture is influenced by the status of its singers, who...