IFP - Holding wedding ceremonies in the traditional style has been around for thousands of years in Lorestan Province, west of Iran. Although these ceremonies have been forgotten over time and replaced with fashionable parties, there are still couples who want to hold their wedding ceremony in the way their predecessors did. What follows ...

IFP - People in Hormozgan province in southern Iran have for centuries been practicing special ceremonies and rituals in their marriages and weddings. In Hormozgan, bringing the bridal dress from the grooms house to the brides house is performed in a special ceremony called Saakht. They play musical instruments and sing songs while performing ...

IFP - Kurdish people of Irans Khorasan, who are known as Kurmanji Kurds, have managed to preserve their centuries-old wedding customs, and are still practicing many of them in their ceremonies. Kurmanji nomads in North Khorasan province, north-eastern Iran, are highly dependent on women who carry out a major share of daily activities. Therefore,...