Morphography of Regional Dramatic Rituals of Komijan People

• Main Authors: Mohammad Aref, Maryam Raoofi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Iranian Institute for Social and Cultural Studies 2010-04-01
• Series: Taḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān
• Subjects: Anthropology of Rituals; Archetype; Culture; Dramatic Rituals; Komijan; Morphography; Qaraiskurmah Scapegoat’s
• Online Access: http://www.jicr.ir/article_134_4ea190e8be8e44b3f85687c638e1ac68.pdf

This article attempts to analyze a part of the findings of documentation survey and field work carried out for five years in two cities and 67villages in Komeijan region of Markazi province, Iran, from some new perspectives such as ritual morphography, dramatic origin studies, eastern Scapegoat’s and anthropology of rituals. Using methods of current, and interviewing with 119 of the eldest native settlers ,as informants, and regarding the biochronology of man’s life in this region from the primitive form to civility which have been assigned to go back from the third millennium B.C.up to the present time, the morphography of 48 popular Dramatic Rituals has been determined. Among the findings of the study, one of the Archetypal Dramatic rituals, called Qaraiskurmah in the field of Anthropology of rituals, is Scapegoat’s. All these show the high IQ, innovative mind, and creative artistic tastes of the people in this region of Iran, whether they are Turkish, Persia, or Tats speakers.