Marefat Pardis Toos Visiting Ziarat Village

Marefat Pardis Toos‘s team visited Ziarat village which is located about 8 km south of Gorgan, Golestan province of Iran.

Ziarat lies in a valley inside the eastern part of the Caspian Hyrcanian rain forests.

This village is considered as a summer region due to its pleasant climate that is cool in summer and cold in winter.

As tourism increases, incomes are rising in craft-based destinations.This leads to economic revitalization and greater self-sufficiency in rural areas.

The availability of affordable and accessible rural resources allows many villages in Iran to continue cultural and regional craft by utilizing household labor.

Rural societies take advantage of handicraft production in various ways. Keeping traditions alive, strengthening cooperative local bonds, and creating strong linkages to tourism are some examples. Ziarat is inscribed as a national village of handicraft for Jajim bafi (Jajim weaving). We observed production processes and visited handicraft workshops in Ziarat village.