Massouleh

Massouleh is a city in Gilan, in north of Iran.

Massouleh

Massouleh

Dolls

A hot cup of tea for breakfast

Friends in row

خورشيد مي ز مشرق ساغر طلوع کرد

Sorry for the non-English title. I cannot translate it into English!

Saffron flower

On the way to the forgotten city

I had the opportunity to visit Gaskar, a city in Gilan. Gaskar was an important city in north of Alborz mountains from about 1000 A.D. to 1600 as far as we know. Archaeologists believe that people left Gaskar after an epidemic disease and after that the city was destructed by an earthquake.
Today Gaskar is an archaeological site 2 kilometers deep in the woods.

Colorful, playful

Winding road

Alamout

A narrow and deep valley near Gazor-khan village makes a memorable landscape.

This sad sky, In Memory of Parviz Meshkatian

Today Parviz Meshkatian, a great songwriter, artist, and compser passed away in the age of 54. He was one of my favorite artists and I feel very sad now after hearing about the news. I do believe that he has made several all time memorable masterpieces.
هر شب ستاره‌اي به زمين مي‌کشند و باز،
اين آسمان غم‌زده غرق ستاره‌هاست
مطلب زیبایی را دربارۀ او اینجا بخوانید.

Yet one more young face

She tried to hide as soon as I pointed my camera on her and started to jump when I pretended that I have given up! Nice game!

Young faces at Swiss National Day, Geneva 2008.

More pictures from Swiss National Day (Aug. 1st) as I promissed before. This time I have picked a few young faces from the event!

Offering to life [2]

This is my second post with this title, an it was what came to my mind when shooting this picture. I can't think of anything else when I'm next to this tenderness.

attentio oo o oo o oo nnn!

Another picture from last year's national day in Switzerland. The man shouted "attention" with a special melody. I loved the melody over the word. It reminded me the "song" (if you can call it a song ofcourse) of the peddlers used to pass near our home when I was a child. That's why through the day I just listened to this man's song (attentio oo o oo o oo nnn) and never paid attention to its message so I was frightened each time!

Face to face

Swiss National Day (Aug. 1st)

Taken at Musée des Suisses dans le Monde. I had the opportunity to take part in the interesting event on Aug. 1st, 2008. For this year's event please visit the official Musée des Suisses dans le Monde page in Facebook and the event album. Perhaps you wish to becaome a fan of the interesting museum in beautiful domaine du Château de Penthes!
I'll post more photos of this event later.

Sacredness