Iran, the country of taboos
Reza Babaei
I don’t think any country in the world has as much taboo as Iran.
In which country – apart from one or two Arab countries – is it forbidden for women to enter stadiums or ride bicycles in the street?
In which country does women’s clothing have so many stories?
In which country is it taboo to “negotiate” with the devil in person?
In which democratic country is it forbidden to criticize national policies in the official media and the press?
In which country is it taboo to show the musical instruments of that country in the national media of that country and it should not be broken? That is traditional and national musical instruments of that country, not western and modern musical instruments.
These days, all sociologists and people of thought and culture are amazed by the fifteen million comments under a Rokomkeni Tetlo post on Instagram.
I didn’t believe it until I saw it. God knows what heavy sadness sat on my heart.
Tetlo defeated us all. All cultural and religious institutions, universities, seminaries, budget-destroying cultural and propaganda organizations and institutions, Friday prayers, the Islamic Propaganda Office, academies, radio and television, the Ministry of Guidance, etc., should return whatever funds they have received from the treasury to the people’s pockets; Because Tetlo defeated all of them without any effort. Social networks should also be ashamed of this scandal.
They say that those fifteen million comments were not written by fifteen million people. acceptance; Say ten million people have commented; Say five million people. Which music star and which authentic Iranian artist or which environmental activist can get hundreds of comments from people and youth? Ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million and several million offerings.
Who is guilty? It is the fault of the policies that have made traditional music taboo in Iran. It is the fault of the radio and television, which hides the appearance of Tar, Setar and Santoor from the eyes of the people. It is their fault that they did not give these young people the taste of Iranian classical music and the symphonies of Beethoven, Mozart and Bach, so that they do not follow the tetlu in this volume and size.
Once upon a time in this country, colored shirts or short sleeves or shaving beards were taboo for men. Maybe no one will believe it now, but we remember a time when the Shahnameh was among unforgivable taboos. Our cultural teacher in high school asked me and a few other students to each memorize a few verses from the masterpieces of Persian literature and read them in a cultural program at school. I memorized the first verses of Shahnameh. In the name of God. When our cultural instructor found out that I wanted to read the Shahnameh, he crossed my name off the list of the program and during the first meeting, he advised me and advised me not to read Taghuti books.
Iran is a country of taboos; But all baseless taboos break sooner or later. So why spend so much money to maintain fake taboos? Taboo is what people know as taboo; Otherwise, it will not last long. I’m dead, you’re alive.
PS :
More than 18 million comments so far
And more than 8 million likes
This post is written by heidari1422