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Green is HOPE, although the way is long and difficult.
(location: Varzaneh plain, West Azarbayan, Iran: on the border with Iraq near Mirabad of Piranshahr)
"La speranza mondana è frutto che matura
di rado, e che pertanto divien cenere scura; è neve nel deserto, che sull'arida
sabbia risplende appena un attimo, e non dura".
Omar Khayyam; RUBAIYAT
Rare photo du fleuve fertile en eau, il est désormais trop souvent à sec du fait de l'exploitation en amont des ressources d'eau alimentant le fleuve.
...are not really ghosts. In fact, the women in this old Iranian village, especially the elderly ones, traditionally wear white chadors instead of black ones. So when you walk the streets of this small town, every so often something white comes shuffling around the corner, and you cannot help but think of ghosts, cute, funny ghosts...
Women enjoying a beautiful afternoon on Varzaneh's riverside. Different from any other cities in Iran, women in Varzaneh wear a white chador. Some believe that this is due to the Zoroastran religion, in which white is the holy colour, others think it keeps them fresher from the desert heat, while another reason could be due to the abundance of cotton in the area. Nevertheless, this peculiarity makes Varzaneh unique.
Varzaneh is a city near Isfahan in Iran, where the women wear white chadors. you can see more photos here:
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Khara Desert (Saba City) - Fall 2007
کویر خارا (شهر صبا) - پاییز 1386
#223 in interestingness (on 2007-11-23)
We spent a night in the middle these lovely dunes, a plus if you have 4x4 when traveling with a camper van.
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1983, somewhere in Iran’s Varzaneh Desert
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