Jul 13, 2011

Iranian Nomads Festival

Iranian Nomads FestivalThere are over 1.5 million nomadic pastoralists in Iran, organized in over 500 tribes and independent clans. The largest tribal groups are the Kurds, who live in the province of Kurdestan in the northern Zagros region, the Lurs and the Bakhtiari, who live in the southern Zagros region, the Qashqai in Fars, the Turkoman in the northeast, and the Baluch in the southeast.
Take a look at the pictures of the last festival: 1, 2

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