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The “Picture-storyteller Masters of Iran” was written by Hamid Reza Ardalan, musician and scholar of ritual arts of Iran, in thirty volumes. This work introduces thirty Pardekhans who are among the remaining generation of picture-storytellers.This book is the result of ten years of library research and field work of the author. Each volume of this series is around 25 picture pages and includes an introduction and analysis of one of the picture-storytellers. The book and CD, as a contribution to preserving ritual arts and oral heritage of Iran, have been published by “Farhagestan-e Honar” in both English and Persian languages.
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The book The women of Karbala: ritual performance and symbolic discourses in modern Shi’i Islam focuses on the issue that women are not only involved in Karbala commemorative rituals, but also their presence in textual narratives and art plays is important. This book in 309 pages was among 100 best seller books of Amazon and about 4,282,666 copies of it have been sold.
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The curtain used by murshed Khandan, is illustrated by Ostad Hossein Hamedani, and dates back more than 50 years. The length of the curtain (Parde) is about 4 metres, and is one of the largest of its kind. The Parde has many faces and gatherings painted upon it.