Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

A Comparative Study of the Rites of Passage with an Emphasis on the Maturity and Marriage of the People of Kerman and Jiroft

Authors
1 PhD student in Anthropology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The dominant culture in any society plays a very constructive 
role in the lifestyle of people. Marriage and puberty, as the 
most important events in life, are directly influenced by the 
culture and values of the society. On the other hand, the wide 
spread of imported and imitation customs and cultures among 
families and their distancing from religious and Islamic 
cultures and values, especially in the current era, has caused a 
change in lifestyle. One of the most important parts of any 
ethnic structure is its rites of passage, which is a cultural thing 
and has a social function. These rites are intertwined with 
people's beliefs and can be investigated as a cultural 
phenomenon among different ethnic groups. Focusing on the 
popular culture and literature of the people of Kerman and 
Jiroft, the present research seeks to identify and compare the 
rites of puberty, marriage and the influence of religion on these 
rites of these two cities. In this research, the two stages of 
puberty and marriage in Kerman and Jiroft were discussed and 
analyzed in a comparative way. The article tries to examine 
and study two basic categories of rituals related to Kerman and 
Jiroft. The approach of the present research is qualitative, of 
the type of in-depth anthropology and the means of gathering 
information, documentary studies, participatory observation 
and interviews. In the present research, efforts have been made 
by focusing on the theories of evolutionism and diffusionism, 
functionalism, rituals and rites related to maturity, marriage. 
to be investigated in the city of Kerman and Jiroft. Based on 
the results of the research, the aforementioned rites and rituals 
have been transferred from one generation to another over 
time, and during this transfer, some have remained constant 
and others have undergone changes. Also, with the rapid 
development of technology and technology and the impact of 
imitation and imported culture, some rituals and ceremonies 
are fading. He named the third.
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