Khuzestan province is a province in the southwest of Iran, which is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf and is the center of Iran's oil and gas production. The area of Khuzestan province is 64,057 square kilometers and with a population of 4,531,720 people, it is the fifth most populous province of Iran. Ahvaz city is the capital of Khuzestan province.
Historically, Khuzestan is considered the oldest region of the Iranian plateau, where the history of human habitation dates back to 2700 BC and the formation of the Elam civilization in the third millennium BC. Khuzestan borders Lorestan province from the north, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces from the northeast and Bakhtiari from the northwest, Ilam province from the northwest, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad provinces from the east and southeast, Bushehr province and the Persian Gulf from the south, and Iraq from the west.
relatives in Khuzestan
Khuzestan province includes various human tribes. Khuzestan is the most numerous province of Iran in terms of subcultures. Bakhtiaris, Arabs, native Persians of the cities, Lers, etc. are among those that are detailed below:
The natives of Khuzestan, the native Persians speaking Shushtar, Dezful, Behbahan, Mahshahr, Ramhormoz, Handijan, Ramshir (Ram Ardeshir), Zidon, Sarbandar (Qanvati), Shadgan (Qanvati) are among the survivors of the ancient urban population of Khuzestan and each has its own dialect. They are different from each other.
Bakhtiaris who have been present in Khuzestan and Iraq (until the early Islamic centuries). The cities of Ahvaz, Abadan, Izeh, Suleiman Mosque, Haftkal, Baghmelk, Andika, Lali, Saland (Dezful headland), Safi Abad, Qala Khajeh, Dehzo... and other cities of Khuzestan also have a significant population of them.
The design of their clothes is a drawing of the temple of Chaghazanbil in Shush. Izeh is known as the Bakhtiari capital of Iran. Contrary to the name of Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari province, their population center is Khuzestan. In geological maps, vast lands from the central half of Khuzestan to the north and east are known as the Bakhtiari conglomerate.
The Oksians (Hozians) of the Achaemenid period, who were one of the special troops of the Iranian Empire, are related to them, and according to a story, the name of Khuzestan is also derived from their name: the Persians (2700 years ago) mixed with the Elamites (Haltamites) and created a single race that later In the Achaemenid and Sasanian periods, they were called "Hessi or Oksi or Khozi or Hozi" and in the 6th century of the lunar calendar they were called Ler Bozor, and in the beginning of the Safavid period, they were called Bakhtiari.
The Khuzestan Arabs, the Khuzestan Arab clans were all nomadic, non-fixed, and with specific origins in the Arabian Peninsula. His migration to the southwest of Khuzestan started in the 9th century AH. It started after the claim of Seyyed Muhammad Mashasha, one of the chiefs of the Arab tribes of the Arabian Peninsula, after the conquest of Huweza and continued until modern times. The largest of these clans is Bani Taraf, who entered Khuzestan about three hundred years ago after crossing Arvand River.
In recent decades, especially since the war, they settled in some cities of this region. Before the Iran-Iraq war, the main population concentration was the Arabs of Khuzestan, Shadgan, Sosengard, Hoyzeh and the southwestern villages of Khuzestan. The industrial and commercial city of Khorramshahr, which was completely deserted after the war, also became a place for a large population of Arab nomads.
Lerha (Little Ler), the territory of these people, whose presence was reported in this region in the early Islamic centuries, was in the northwestern region of Khuzestan, from Shush to Alwar in the north of today's Andimshek, and today, their urban population is concentrated in Andimshek, Shush, Hosseiniyeh. And it is timber.
Qashqais live around Haftkal city.
Customs of Khuzestan people
The compatibility of the climate with the nomadic life has caused a part of the population in this province to engage in animal husbandry and yilaq and gashlaq. The northern and northeastern part of Khuzestan includes the areas of Shush, Masjid Suleiman, Dezful, Shushtar, Izeh, to the area of Bagh Malek and Janaki in the north of Ramhormoz, where Yalaki Ilat Bakhtiari lives and a part of Ilat Lorestan and Ilam.
Part of the nomads of this province are Arabs who migrated from the Arabian desert throughout history and stayed in Khuzestan for many years. The language of native Arab nomads and migrant nomads of the province who spend the winter season in the Qashlaqi regions of Khuzestan speak a special language and dialect (Lari). Among the cities of Khuzestan province, Abadan city has no Qashlaqi nomadic population.
Khuzestan, due to its water and air characteristics, has been the home of various clans and clans since long ago. The nomadic tribes of this region are divided into three main groups: Ler-Turk and Arab. Observance of ethnic customs and ways is one of the issues that the sheikh or leader emphasized on in the Arab nomadic system.
Mourning meetings ended with his presence and announcement, and he had an active presence in other ethnic ceremonies and traditions.
Among the provinces of Iran, there was a tribe called Larki, which the passage of time has led to its dispersal. Larki speak Turkish and broken Persian. A wedding in Illarki is possible with the consent of the parents.
One of the methods of marriage in this tribe is consanguinity. When the father does not have a son, he suggests to the suitor's son that he be married. That is, the bridegroom will be married. But few boys are willing to accept it. A woman is very valuable among Larks. After visiting the boy's family, they give advice and next times they go to the girl's parents' house with souvenirs and sometimes stay there for a few days.
Then the marriage ceremony takes place. On a certain day, the groom's father along with some of the local white-haired men in formal clothes ride on a horse with gifts such as sugar, tea, tobacco, and sheep to the bride's house. The bride's family also went to welcome them and walk a distance. Then the food is prepared. If the bride's family agrees at the end of the assembly, the appointment of papers (engagement) will take place.
In the engagement ceremony, Rish Sefidan, Motamedin Mahal and Mirza (the writer) attend the bride's father's house. The meeting for men and women is separate. In the women's assembly, there is cheering and banging, and the bride's hands and feet are tied with henna. Men also have a warm meeting; One sings and the other chants, then the elder of the place tells the mirza to start, and the writing instruments are prepared, and dowry, shirba, and dowry are determined and recorded.
The attendees sign the nomination paper and clap their hands, which is called "Kaf Marki" After that, the girl becomes engaged to the boy. After this meeting, if the season is suitable and the parties are ready, the wedding will take place. Otherwise, they wait for a few months, which they call patient. 15 days before the wedding, they start preparing for the wedding little by little, and sometimes they start this work several months in advance.
Until the day of the wedding, the following tasks should be done: whitening rice, flouring wheat, preparing bread, buying sugar, tea, tobacco and tobacco, preparing firewood, preparing cooking utensils, preparing tableware for men to play, inviting Teshamal (bride), invitation Each tribe has its own ceremony. Saying goodbye to the bride from her father's house and bringing the bride to the groom's house also has its own ceremony. Bringing the bride's dowry is called 'pasha', which includes carpets, rugs, jajim, pillows, and khorjin. One or two weeks after the wedding, the bride's family invites the groom to dinner. This invitation is called "pagshoni".
In the past, if the groom was successful in marriage, Behbahan would send him tandoori bread, halwa and kebab, and if he was not successful, they would send him wool.
Native culture and ceremonies of Khuzestan province
celebrations
People of Khuzestan celebrate all national and religious holidays. The people of Shushtar, Dezful celebrate the last Friday of Dhu Hajj in addition to Eid. They wear new clothes and go to entertainment places, because after that they mourn the months of Muharram and Safar. In the past, they danced and stomped and spent night and morning in the open spaces and open areas, and they believed that the star of Venus will reach the star of Jupiter that night, and whoever sees the meeting of these stars, any intention will be fulfilled. .
People of Khuzestan province celebrate Nowruz in detail. A few days ago, they make a special cookie of flour, oil, cumin and fennel. The ceremony of lighting the fire on Wednesday night, the ceremony of setting the Haft Sin table, wearing new clothes and going to see and visit Nowruz is also common in Khuzestan province as in other regions of Iran. In Khuzestan province, the thirteenth day is celebrated in two days. The 13th day including Nowruz Eid and the 13th day excluding Nowruz day are called the 13th day of Eid and the 13th day after Eid. During Nowruz, everyone goes to gardens and parks. In houses or gardens, they swing on tree branches and swing.
Music
Khuzestan, the land of four seasons, is a miniature of national diversity in the country, which is a meeting place for different cultures. It is that they have kept their own style in order to influence each other. Music is also one of the characteristics of these nations, which is a special form in every region and nation of the province. There is In the Arab regions and among the Arab people, music is more influenced by Arab music and has a special resemblance to Moses. Yaqi is located in the south of Iraq. There is a special place among the Bakhtiar people, and in the rituals of joy and mourning, the musicians of local instruments have a special place. Their presence is evident.
Bakhtiari music, like other local music, is very simple, but it has similarities and differences. It has many other local music. More importantly, the structure of Bakhtiari music has a striking difference from traditional music. Its similarity with other local music is in the simplicity of the tunes and the use of instruments and instruments. It is Iranian and its difference is in terms of the type of dialect and the way of recitation. The reader is also very important in the musical structure of the song, so that after the introduction of the new music Azandeh, this is a pleasant sound that shows and completes the musical structure.
The singing group is also worth noting in the music of Khatiari, because of many happy "double" pieces by the singers. This is done and usually the group of readers repeats a small piece of poetry between each stanza. do However, it should be pointed out that there is also a corner in Bakhtiari's music, similar to the first and second corner of Khosrow Shirin. Ernd, which is completely different from traditional music positions. All kinds of happy music including happy songs, happy music, left music, music of Hamm Essay, romantic music, various music (including rain music, barzegari, Kharman Koubi, lullaby, Koch) St. Dahl (a columnar percussion instrument in the form of Bamboo wood is newly bought), kerna, serna and sheet reed, seven-band reed and kamanche from local instruments used in It is the music of happiness.
In the field of music of Shushtra and Dezfuli (north of the province), it should also be said that the music of this region is also similar to Musa. The local music of Iran is based on the music and its actual form can be found in The name of Tazee, wedding and job saw. The cities of Dezful and Shushtar, because of their culture, do not see more colors and smells of religion. You can compose music with simplicity and accept it because of the basis of the musical structure of these two. The city should be searched for in music. In the music of these two regions, there are more than 50 genres of music, but now few people remember all of these genres. There is
The musical structure of these songs is based on the current music of Iran, with a little change in the decoration and Harirs, like the singers of Dezful and Shushtar, have a special accent to read songs from this region. Poems from this region mostly have earthly themes, but these simple poems have such a deep feeling. which unconsciously leads a person towards the greatness of God and the greatness of love. During the Qajar period, some of the new musicians of Dezfuli and Shushtar went to Tehran and began to follow the music line of Iran. From and the music of Ward became these two cities.
With the arrival of string instruments, the role of music and the use of string instruments gave a special color and flourish to the music of this type of music. Great musicians came and went from this city to Tehran's music scene, creating a rich repertoire. A vehicle was built for this area. It includes the sections of water, color, income and classification. The popular musical instruments of this region are first tar and then serna, dhal, ni jafteh and daira and according to The neighborhood of this area with the neighboring farhangs, some of the corners and sections between the two adjacent farhangs. They have shared happiness and prosperity.
Although today all kinds of Iranian food are prepared in Khuzestan province, but local food that is made from available ingredients and according to weather conditions still has a special place. Some of the eating habits of the people of Khuzestan province are interesting. They have summer and winter feeds. In the summer, they serve their guests with cherry syrup, sakanjabin and saffron syrup, and in winter, dates and arde are used as a means of hospitality.
They use a lot of dairy products and Rangnik is one of the most nutritious and tasty foods that is consumed during lunch and dinner. In this province, in addition to the local and special dishes of the province, they are prepared for guests, but there are some local dishes in this province that are interesting for tourists. One of the most important local dishes of the people of Khuzestan province is fish. Fish roe is a delicious and memorable food that is prepared with fish and Indian stamps in this province. Abgousht is the most common food of the people of the city and the countryside. Ash Dogh, Ash Ardeh, Qalqal, fish roe, grilled fish, stuffed fish, shrimp, berzangak, lentil dal, Drashte (Gomena), Machbos, Hamis, warm dates, garlic beans. Syr Baqala), Opiazi Shadgan, Miangaran Izeh, Bamdej Ahvaz, Horul Azam.
Mankind cannot survive without the three factors of water, air and food. Due to the importance of food in the continuation of life, people in each region have their own type of food and cooking. This difference has created special attractions in each region. Many tourists travel to other parts of the world just to experience food different from their living area. In the section related to the traditional foods of the Bakhtiaris and Lors of Khuzestan province, you will get to know their traditional foods.
Local cuisine in Khuzestan
Av Taftalo
Necessary ingredients: water, apricot leaves, oil, onion and Nardon pickle
How to prepare: First, put apricot leaves in water in a separate container to soak. Then the leaves are placed in another container with some water on the heat until it is cooked. Nardon pickle is also added to the ingredients during cooking. Finally, this dish is cooked with hot onions.
Teleke
Necessary ingredients: leek, celery, buttermilk
How to prepare: First, chop leeks and celery and heat them in a dish until they are well cooked and sweet. Then these ingredients are poured into the musk and buttermilk is added to these ingredients. After closing the musk, it is left alone for 5-6 days until it hardens. Finally, it is eaten with bread.
You are our shell
Ingredients: water, yogurt, rice, oil and salt
How to prepare: Yogurt is dissolved in water and boiled until it becomes smooth. Then rice is added to the ingredients so that it is well cooked. At the end, hot onion is also added to this food.
Khrdim
Necessary ingredients: rice, barley, curdim (mountain plant)
How to prepare: Rice and barley are put in warm water with curdim the night before to cook.
gemneh
Necessary ingredients: wheat semolina, water and Nardan pickle
How to prepare: Wheat semolina and water are poured into a container and heated until it melts well, then some pickled gherkins are added to the ingredients for flavor, and at the end, the food is cooked with hot onions.
puppy food
Tole is a type of plant with relatively wide leaves that grows in autumn and winter in most areas of Khuzestan. Rice, salt and oil are the necessary ingredients to prepare Toleh soup. After washing and chopping the leaves, they put them in boiling water and half-cook them. They add rice to it. After draining the rice, which is mixed with tola, it is brewed. Oranges or dried lemons are added to the broth. In some areas, such as Redadeh, they prepare calf soup with buttermilk and flour. In this way, the cub is boiled in buttermilk instead of water. In Shush, they fry the lamb with garlic in hot onions. They also use calf legs to cook calf soup.
O baqele o baqele
They grind dry beans, put them in water with salt and pepper, and cook them. When the beans are cooked, pieces of bread are poured into them and eaten.
Kaškina
The wheat is ground and the buttermilk is boiled until it hardens, which is called Tarkhina. Tarkhina is pelletized and dried. tarrhine is usually cooked in summer to be used in winter. To cook kashkineh, the necessary amount of tarrhine is fried in onion.
kapah- heap
Ingredients: rice, cobs, raisins, oil and salt. Boil the rice until it is mashed. Then they knead it and make pellets. They cook cobs and raisins, add the necessary amount between rice balls and fry in oil.
Ash balag e balagšâ
Ingredients: Lentils, peas, beans, wheat dough, local herbs, pickled pomegranate and yogurt.
First, they cook lentils, peas and beans. Then they string the wheat dough and put it inside. They also add local herbs with some yogurt, pickle or pomegranate pickle and the necessary amount of water.
Introducing a type of traditional bread in Izeh (Bakhtiari Neshin region)
Kalgkalg bread
Bread made from oak flour is called Kleg bread. After peeling and drying the prepared acorns in the sun, they are ground into flour using local mills, and the flour is poured into a basket and several sacks are placed on it. Then this container is placed in the way of the water flow. With this method, the bitterness of oak flour is removed in 4-5 days. With this flour, a dough is prepared and the oak bread is baked on a taveh.
Traditional dishes of Khuzestan Arabs
Types of food include: fish roe, patient fish, salted fish, rice, kouzi, shrimp pilaf, kobe
Types of sweets including: Ligmat, Moesal, Shaath, Mehlabiya, Shaarieh
Introduction of several types of food
fish roe
Ingredients: fish, spices, salt, pepper, onion, garlic, Indian stamp, Omani lemon, vegetables (coriander and fenugreek), tomato or tomato paste
How to prepare: First, onion and garlic are chopped and fried. They add chopped vegetables and fry a little. Sliced fish is added to it, fried, and after that, Indian stamp, Omani lemon, salt and spices, tomato are added to the previous ingredients and fried. At the end, they add some water and let it cook completely.
patient fish
Necessary ingredients: onion, garlic, raisins, vegetables (coriander), Omani lemon, cinnamon, spices, salt, sabour fish
Preparation method: First, they clean the sabor fish, then fry the chopped onion. Chopped vegetables are added to it and along with roasted ingredients (cinnamon, salt, spices, ground Omani lemon and raisins) are poured into the belly of the fish. The belly of the fish is tied with thread, placed in a dish called gali (handled tray), and placed in the oven (today's oven) for cooking.
hunchback
They kill a sheep, skin it, and then clean its belly and put side dishes such as rice, eggs, saffron, cardamom, chicken, salt, and cinnamon in it and grill it. Sometimes they use chicken instead of sheep.
Kobe
Necessary ingredients: minced meat, onions, cobs, peas, raisins, cinnamon, pepper, rice and salt
Preparation method: Put the rice in a container with some water and put it on the stove for cooking. After it is fully cooked, it is crushed well, made into small balls and placed inside the balls made from fried ingredients of meat, onion, peas, cobs, raisins, cinnamon, pepper and salt. They fry in oil.
mohammar
Ingredients: dates, water and rice. Dates are poured into cold water and their seeds are removed. Then the rice is poured into boiling water and cooked. Before the water runs out, they add dates and cook it like rice milk.
Shaath
Dates are placed in local oil and served with gentle heat.
Okra Stew (Marag Okra)
Chopped tomatoes are added to fried onions. Some minced meat is also roasted along with spices and boiled okra. Usually, garlic and tamarind are added to okra stew to make it tastier.
salted fish
First, salted fish is cooked with a little water. Then the fish is removed from the water and cut into pieces. Some fried onion and some raisins and spices are mixed together and added to the onion. Prepared and cooked pieces of fish are fried and marinated with a mixture of ingredients. This dish is for winter season.
Falafel
Some chickpeas are soaked for 2 days until it becomes soft, then they grind it. Some crushed garlic is mixed with some minced meat and spices of salt and pepper and some flour is used to stick the ingredients together. To prepare falafel, some of the ingredients are poured into a special mold and the rounded material, which is called falafel after cooking, is poured into oil to fry.
Cooked
Unripe dates or khark are cooked with water.
the treasury
This dish is prepared with salted fish and is actually a kind of soup. In this way, salted fish is cooked with rice and it turns into a soup.
Eltmar is good
First, the date kernels are removed, they are kneaded, and then the date paste is mixed with oil, and it is rubbed on the bread dough that has been strained and placed on the taweh for baking.
emfattah
A sheep is slaughtered and divided into four parts. Two thighs and shoulders are put in a big pot to be boiled and consumed with rice. Dry bread is chopped and fried with oil and onion.
The local foods in Behbahan region have a lot of diversity and breadth, and the important feature is that traditional foods are still one of the important pillars of nutrition in this region and are still strong.
A variety of traditional foods include: owanori (pomegranate juice), owboqle (bean juice), abgousht, owdas, owmâs (mung bean juice), owpiyozi (onion juice), gevine, owmohi (fish broth), rice, beans , Ash Kardeh, Urbanikwrebenik
Sweets and syrups include: wheat flour halvah, rice flour halvah, date juice halvah, date halvah, palilaqi, fel, black halvah pastry, kroshak, chokhizuron, muscati, nasha halvah, finger-peach halvah
Types of bread include: tiri bread, balbal balbal bread, balbalekalxongi balbalekalxongi, shell shlošolšolu, tavdun tavdun
Arab traditional games
Includes: Repentance - Chaab Bazi - Hila - Azim al-Gheta - Ghamazeh Jijo - Rukban - Mahabat - Raut Ya Rowa - Sabat Ya Thabit - Ali Abu - Masgellah - Umm Dhiweh - Laeb Loz - Laeb Tin - Gelol - Gorgeta - Shegat Batan Omar
Introducing some traditional Arab games
Azim al-Ghata
In this game, which is played on moonlit nights, a number of people gather together and someone is chosen by lot to get a piece of bone. Then the other players close their eyes and the chosen person immediately throws the bone to a spot. After that, players who have opened their eyes search for bones. Any player who finds the bone will be considered the winner. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Khorramshahr city.
trick
This game is played mostly by girls. In this way, they hold their feet in their arms and run. In this competition whoever can run more will be the winner. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Khorramshahr city.
The wolf
This game is mostly played between farmer boys and girls during the harvest season. When picking the dates, the children utter the word "wolf" in one breath and collect the dates that have fallen on the ground and put them in the boxes. Whoever can say the word in the same breath, and collect more dates, will be the winner. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Abadan city.
Hommeriye - hommeriye
In this game, which is played in the water, all swimmers move forward. The chosen one swims after them. Whoever reached and put his hand on his head, that person should stand behind the others and repeat the same thing as the previous person. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Shush city.
tug of war
The play equipment is a long and strong rope and sometimes some cloth. In this game, first they draw a line on the ground, then they tie two knots in the middle of the rope at a certain distance, or instead of a knot, they tie a handkerchief in the middle of the rope. Each group takes one end of the rope and the game begins with the command of the group leader. Each group tries to pull the rope towards them. If a group succeeds in pulling the opposite group's boundary from the boundary line by stretching the rope, knot or handkerchief, they will win. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Shush city.
Traditional games of Lers and Bakhtiaris
Kele Varvankekelavaruvânak) - bear bear (xers xersi) - jizbâzi or pendegâl (- peškelegâr - kâkelamošt - taptapu - taltal - band Serlang (bande sare leng)- Qachu- Beti Bazi- Chaghal (Cughe)-Dal Pelan- Ogol Oglarz- Qaw- Chezgo- Jozo- Hei Melki- Kaz Keys- Kile Pineh- Cho Chor- Taq Pil- Char Peshkali- Khalki
bear bear xers xersi
This game is one of the men's games that are held in Bakhtiari weddings and celebrations, in which one person turns into a bear by taking off his clothes and throwing a blanket around himself and attacks the others, and others see him in such a state. They are laughing. In fact, this game has the aspect of humor and entertainment for those present at the ceremony. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Izeh city.
bande sare leng
In this game, which was held by men and boys, a rope was tied to one person's feet, and some people circled around him, and one person beat him with a shoe or a tool, and the person in the rope tried to use his foot. hit their feet, if he hit someone, that person would be trapped in his place and would be beaten by others. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Izeh city.
Balabolandi is tall
This game is for Ler and Bakhtiari girls, and children between the ages of 5 and 10 usually participate in it. The season to play this game is mainly in spring. In this game, one person plays the role of a wolf and the others run away to high places as sheep. They do not allow a person who plays the role of a wolf to reach them. A person caught by a wolf will be kicked out of the game. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Izeh city.
Wire wire sculpture
This game is played in Lerneshin villages around Susa. Playing the strings of the sculpture is done with the rhythm and instruments and the poems are read along with it. When the poem ends, the music stops, everyone remains motionless. Anyone who is still dancing when the song stops is a loser. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Shush city.
ču bozi
Stick game is mainly performed in wedding ceremonies. Actors are usually 15 years old or older. The game equipment consists of a thick and long stick and a narrow and short stick or hose. The first person picks up a thick stick and walks around the square, sings chants and calls others to play.
A person who expresses his desire to play picks up a thin stick. The player's movements are accompanied by a special rhythm of the instrument. A person who cuts a thin stick, while holding the stick above his head with both hands, starts dancing and spinning. When he is going to attack the first person (the one holding the thick stick), he (the first person) holds the stick at a distance of 60-90 degrees from him.
According to the rules of this game, the second person (the owner of the narrow stick) can hit his shot below the knee of the first player, and hitting above the knee is a mistake. According to the people present, the more blows the first person endures, the more powerful he appears. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Shush city.
The game of flowers and small flowers
In this group game, people define a goal and then choose a stick 20 to 30 cm long. They throw the stick aside. Whoever finds the stick first and hits the target is the winner. At the same time, other people try not to let him hit the target and if someone can take the stick from his hand and hit the target himself, he is the winner. This game is common in different ages between 7 and 15 years old. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Andimeshk city.
Qaw game
Consider a circle. One group sits inside the circle. The other group rotates above them and tries to remove the middle group's hat. If they succeed, they win, and if the middle group kicks any of them, the opposite group is the loser and must sit inside the circle and the group inside the circle goes around them and does their work. This game is mainly played during Nowruz Eid. This game was recorded in the ethnographic research of Andimeshk city.
Shushtar local games
Local games
Includes: bard kel - eštiti - dus bâzi - qarqaruk - feng bâzi - gol moštak - gol melene - gal peshkelak - ki dar e ze No - Grok
eštiti
Eštiti is a special game for Ramadan nights. The players are divided into two equal groups and each group is placed in one half of the field. In turn, one person from each group enters the court of the opposite group by saying ``Eshti T'' with one foot without taking a breath. Before taking a breath, the player must make contact with the opponent's hand, and if the player's hand hits him, he must leave the game.
gol moštak
Children's night game in such a way that they put a bead (flower) near one of the friends of the group and the opposite group has to guess who has the flower.
Qom Qomba
In this game, a circle is rotated on a flat surface and whoever can rotate the circle for the longest time is the winner of this game.
Who has an Iz-e Neh?
In this game, the actors give themselves nicknames. The actor who plays the role of the wolf must guess the names of the other actors. The person whose name is guessed correctly runs towards the hill. If the wolf catches the actor before he reaches the tol, they will switch places.
