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This book contains sets of exercises developed and refined over
many years that will prove valuable for every dancer, teacher and
coach. There is a description of each stage of an exercise along
with illustrative photographs to make it easier to understand and
achieve precise movement. A deep knowledge of the basic principles
of poise and actions used in Latin dance helps bring out the unique
features and characteristics of Rumba, Cha cha cha, Samba, Jive and
Paso Doble. In addition there are sets of exercises covering five
essential aspects common to several dances, including rotation,
partner connection and the use of arms.
This book presents folktales in the Herati dialect of the Afghan
Persian language, along with useful transcriptions and
translations. This dialect is spoken by the sedentary population of
Herat city and the adjacent area situated in the northwest of
Afghanistan. Historically, the area in question was part of the
Persian province of Khorasan that was known for its significant
role in the development of Persian culture in general and
literature and philosophy in particular. Suffice it to say that the
classical Persian language (Farsi) is considered to have originated
in that region. For centuries, Herat has been one of the main
cultural centers of the Khorasan province, and according to a
reliable historic source, it was in Herat that the first poetical
piece in Farsi was composed. The area was the birthplace of many
most prominent Persian-speaking poets such as Ferdowsi, F. 'Attar,
Khayyam, to mention a few. Others such as Jami and Ansari were
originally from the Herat area and their shrines are located in the
city. Given the fact that many early Persian-speaking poets came
from this region (Khorasan) and from Herat in particular, their
native Khorasani dialects--including Herati-- considerably
influenced the language of Persian classical literature. The Herati
dialect linguistic importance from the synchronic perspective is
based on the fact that it serves as a bridge between the Persian
dialects of western Iran and the Tajiki of Central Asia. In
addition, given the geographic position of Herat (situated on the
border between modern Afghanistan and Iran), its dialect also
shares many common characteristics with the Persian dialects of
Iran and those of Afghanistan. Despite its cultural and linguistic
importance for studies in Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia, this
region has never been open to field research (especially by
westerners) because of its long political instability and constant
wars. There is no similar published work in English on this
particular Persian dialect and its oral literature. Based on
academically informed fieldwork and presented in a scientific
fashion, this study provides information previously unavailable and
is thus valuable to the academic discourse in Iranian linguistics.
The materials were collected by the author during field research in
Afghanistan in the 1980s from illiterate dialect speakers (a
category which has preserved the dialect the most in terms of
purity and entirety). The book helpfully provides a grammatical
introduction to the Herati dialect, a glossary of dialectal and
common words, as well as approximately 500 explanatory notes. This
book will be of interest to linguists and language learners,
especially those studying Afghan Persian. It will also be useful as
a language learning aid for intermediate and advanced students of
spoken Afghan Persian in general and of Persian (in the broader
sense) dialectology in particular, foreign NGO workers or
interpreters/translators who find themselves in the field in
western Afghanistan or far eastern Iran. Though the present book is
by no means a study in folklore literature or anthropology, these
texts containing ethnographic data will also be of value to
folklorists or ethnographers.
Baron Rosen's Babi/Baha'i archives presents private letters and
diplomatic correspondence from the nineteenth century, preserved
among the prominent Russian scholar Baron Victor Rosen's materials
in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
branch. The materials cast light on the first studies of the Babi
and Baha'i Faiths, new religious phenomena which, in Baron Rosen's
time, were emerging in Persia. Iran has always been a strategic
concern of Russia's geopolitical interests and the traditional
importance which has been given to Persia has manifested itself in
hundreds of documents and writings collected by the
pre-revolutionary Russian diplomats and scholars. These documents,
large parts of which have never been published before, reveal new
information on the attitude of the Russian government towards
religious and ethnic minorities as well as towards related issues
within the Russian Empire and abroad. Bringing together materials
in Russian, English, Persian, Arabic and French related to the Babi
and Baha'i Faiths from Rosen's archive in the original languages
with an English translation, this book will be of great interest to
students and researchers in the fields of Iranian Studies, Religion
and Middle East Studies amongst others.
Baron Rosen's Babi/Baha'i archives presents private letters and
diplomatic correspondence from the nineteenth century, preserved
among the prominent Russian scholar Baron Victor Rosen's materials
in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
branch. The materials cast light on the first studies of the Babi
and Baha'i Faiths, new religious phenomena which, in Baron Rosen's
time, were emerging in Persia. Iran has always been a strategic
concern of Russia's geopolitical interests and the traditional
importance which has been given to Persia has manifested itself in
hundreds of documents and writings collected by the
pre-revolutionary Russian diplomats and scholars. These documents,
large parts of which have never been published before, reveal new
information on the attitude of the Russian government towards
religious and ethnic minorities as well as towards related issues
within the Russian Empire and abroad. Bringing together materials
in Russian, English, Persian, Arabic and French related to the Babi
and Baha'i Faiths from Rosen's archive in the original languages
with an English translation, this book will be of great interest to
students and researchers in the fields of Iranian Studies, Religion
and Middle East Studies amongst others.
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