IRAN. Piere-Cary Village, Khuzestan. 2018. Faramarz Sadeghi, 50 years old living close to Pier-cary Village on the way to Shoushtar town, Khuzestan Province with his family. His Wife, Khadijeh Sadeghi, 35 years old. Daughters from Right to left: Farzaneh, 13 years old. Forouzan, 15 years old. Fatemeh, 5 years old. Shaghayegh, 9 years old. Farideh, 12 years old.

“I want my daughters to study and go to school to have a better future. I don’t want them to live a nomadic life. It has been almost 4 years that we moved to this house so that our children can go a school. We stay in this house 7 months of the year and will go the country after their final exams. Life is becoming hard on me and my wife since we are staying and can’t shepherding so we earn less money and we have to pay more for our children’s transportation to school. At this stage I’m not sure how I should earn more money to send them to school but I am sure that I won’t let them quit.”


The most Important thing in Bakhtiari tradition is having an appropriate sugar bowl and welcoming your guest with it. It is so important that has been woven in many of the Bakhtiari Carpets.