‘The Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals’ (Inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) Pahlevani is an Iranian martial art that combines elements of Islam, Gnosticism and ancient Persian beliefs. It describes a ritual collection of gymnastic and callisthenic movements performed by ten to twenty men, each wielding instruments symbolizing ancient weapons. The ritual takes place in a ''Zoorkhane,'' a sacred domed structure with an octagonal sunken aren

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