Press TV - Iranian zurkhaneh practitioners have demonstrated great displays of physical strength and athletic skills at the sixth edition of Asian Zurkhaneh Sports&KoshtiPahlevaniChampionship, and lifted the trophy. The Iranian team claimed a gold medal in team event of the competitions in theCity of Tanauan, the Philippines, besides five ...

IRNA Pahlevani and Zoorkhaneh rituals, deeply rooted in Irans antiquity, brings along itself a culture and a lifestyle whose void of absence is thoroughly felt in todays world. Many of Iranian traditions have been practiced since ancient time in the vast land of Iran (formerly known as Persia) and the people who used to live in this great land, no ...

The Hindu| Abhimanyu Arni : The zurkhaneh is an example of the syncretism that brings together Irans Persian past and its Islamic present In Isfahan, that paragon of Iranian cities, there is a zurkhaneh. This is a ritual gymnasium, where a ring of men and boys of all ages, shapes and sizes, exercise with great wooden truncheons, bow-shaped weights ...