Nazanin Haghgoo

In Iran for commemoration of Prophet’s daughter, Fatima, some people cook Samanoo on the anniversary of her death every year. They believe that Fatima interested to this sweet food made of wheat. According to this custom, Haji baba and his wife cook Samanoo with their neighbors every year. This process takes long three days.

These days more than ever we have taken distance from our roots. We used to be regretful about our possession instead of enjoying them. Definitely the day will come that our kids ask us about the roots: how they looked like, what they wore, where they lived, what they ate and etc.

Fateme Mohandes was born in 1928. she is passing her senility these days. Since this period is accompanying with disabilities, she has to live with a nurse. Solitude and being far from life stream is the real descript of the grandma’s situation nowadays. 

Ashura is a religious observance marked every year by Muslims that is for commemorating the death of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson, Imam Hussein. In this series of photo you can see this important observance that occures in a specific village.

Jay is a village near Tehran that every year has a great ceremony in this day.