Collected & Researched by: Mansureh Sabetzadeh
Vocals: Mashallah Bameri
Sorud: Khodadad Shakkalzehi
Sorna: Khan Mohammad Davudi
Dohol: Eyd Mohammad Davudi, Safar Davudi
Benjo: Mohammad Omar Sami
Doholak: Jahanbakhsh Prvin Jakas
Sorud: Anvar Zangshahi
Baluchestan Dances
Baluchestan located at Iran's southeast is limited to Sistan and Lut Kavir from north, to the sea of Oman from south, to Pakistan from east and to Kerman from west.
Baluchs are from the part of Iranian races that long age migrated to the south from northern areas and dwelled in `Makkoran' (present Baluchestan). The name Baluchestan has been found in the cuneiform tablets of Daryush in Bistun and Takhtejamshid (Persepolis) as `maka' or `makay', the 14th province that was also referred to in Herodotus' writings as `mekia' or `mykian'. In early centuries lunar higira, Islamic geographers called the area Makkoran and Ferdowsi too in the fourth century lunar hegira has made some references to Baluch peoples describing them as war-like and courageous, the ones who helped Keykhosrow in one of his narratives. On the basis of the fact that Baluchestan (Kussun) was actually part of Khevarasan at the age of Sasaniyan, some have argued that it indeed was a section of greater Khurasan (Alboldan, Ahmadebne abi ya'qub Esfahan, 56; Tarikhe Sistan, 24. Tarikhe Tabari, Mohammad Jarire Tabari, 2015).
Baluchi language is a member of western Iranian tongues (Pahlavi) having two dialects of eastern (Sarhaddi inclusive of Zahedan, Khash, and Sistan) and western (Makkorani inclusive of Iranshahr, Saravan, and Chabahar) beside some minor dialects. Baluches are known to be brave, diligent, hospitable, friendly and loyal in their pledges, and their art and culture bear the richest examples throughout the whole country.
(Iran's complete geography, Rabi Rabi'i, 78; The account of Iran's historical geography, W. Bartold, translated by H. Sardadvar, 203; Loqatnameye Dehkhoda; Persian Encyclopedia ; An introduction to the knowledge of tribes, I. Afshar Sistani, 954, 851). ...
Published [10/10/2005]