Mashhad Ardehal Carpet

Qalishuyan carpet washing ritual in mashhad e ardehal kashan province is a ritual ceremony that is held every year in the second friday of mehr in ardehal located 40km to kashan.

Mashhad ardehal carpet.

The ritual was inscribed on unesco s representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2012. Being the martyrdom place of one of the shia imamzadehs is why this place is called mashhad which literary means the place of shahadat martyrdom. Contents 1 mashad e ardehal carpet washing ceremony iran s world heritage site at unesco 2 carpet washing ceremony the ancient religion of iran 2 1 the reason for holding the ceremony 2 2 how qalisuyan rituals of mashad e ardehal is held 2 3 fin people gathering 3 picking up the carpet from the shrine 4 carrying carpets. A ceremony that was inscribed on the unesco world heritage list in 1388 sh.

It is a traditional religious historical mourning ceremony. The center of these villages is mashhad e ardehal that is also known as mashhad e qali means carpet by the locals.