RECOGNITION OF COLLECTIVE RITUALS IN THE CONFIGURATION OF TRADITIONAL CITIES THE CASE STUDY: SEMNAN

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AMINZADEH B.

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Journal: HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA Year:2008 | Volume:- | Issue:32 Page(s): 5-13

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RECOGNITION OF COLLECTIVE RITUALS IN THE CONFIGURATION OF TRADITIONAL CITIES THE CASE STUDY: SEMNAN

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COLLECTIVE RITUALSQ3

SYMBOLQ3

TEKYEHQ3

URBAN CONFIGURATIONQ2

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This research is an effort to reveal the role of COLLECTIVE RITUALS in the spatial structure of traditional Iranian cities. The hypothesis is that not only the environmental variables and technology shape the structure of the traditional cities but it is the COLLECTIVE RITUALS (the processions and the sessions) that make the physical form and composition of urban spaces meaningful. To follow up the hypothesis the first step was to trace the concept of COLLECTIVE RITUALS and its relation to the URBAN CONFIGURATION. There are different schools of thought in regard to the rituals, their contents, functions and relations to the myths. In all cases, it is the SYMBOLic concepts that enrich the rituals. They emerge through the behavioral patterns (both individual and social) and influence in the city shape and structure. Although there are many rituals perform in Iran from the ancient times, none of them has the importance, unity (despite its diversity), and continuity as the mourning rituals for the third Imam in the Shiite tradition, the Imam Hossein. So the second step was to analyze a traditional city to find out the influences of the Moharram rituals in the spatial form and structure of a city. The study focused on the traditional texture of Semnan as the case study. Some historical documents claim Semnan to be an ancient city dating originally from the Persian mythological dynasty of Pishdadian. In the Islamic Period especially from the 11th century onwards, the city had become well established. The study shows that there is a mutual relation between the ceremony and the city form. The communal ritual affects and is affected by the form of the city. The procession, as the truly civic rites brings together into the streets and alleys persons from all the districts. The route of procession in Semnan indicates the significance of the halting spaces, the TEKYEHs. The term refers to an independent space penetrating into urban fabric to interlink the everyday life of the people with spiritual values. This study shows the rich visual qualities and SYMBOLic meanings the tekyeks hold. The diversity of these spaces is clearly seen as resulting from the interplay of a number of factors such as the mode of circulating within the space, its location, and movement toward the space. The contributions of this research can be summarized in four conclusions. They could be applied in theory, practice and future research: The first conclusion is related to the importance of TEKYEHs as the urban open spaces. They are SYMBOLic and ritual spaces. They are different from the districts squares. The second conclusion is about the rules that have shaped such spaces. The study shows that they follow the similar patterns and relative sizes with square plans. The locations of the TEKYEHs are the third conclusion. They are usually located within the residential fabric, in the intervals of two or more streets. Their distances from each other are relatively similar. The last conclusion relates to the performance of the ceremony which is focused on the center and the way the routes concludes to it.

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AMINZADEH, B.. (2008). RECOGNITION OF COLLECTIVE RITUALS IN THE CONFIGURATION OF TRADITIONAL CITIES THE CASE STUDY: SEMNAN. HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA, -(32), 5-13. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/5705/en

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AMINZADEH B.. RECOGNITION OF COLLECTIVE RITUALS IN THE CONFIGURATION OF TRADITIONAL CITIES THE CASE STUDY: SEMNAN. HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA[Internet]. 2008;-(32):5-13. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/5705/en

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B. AMINZADEH, “RECOGNITION OF COLLECTIVE RITUALS IN THE CONFIGURATION OF TRADITIONAL CITIES THE CASE STUDY: SEMNAN,” HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA, vol. -, no. 32, pp. 5–13, 2008, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/5705/en

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