Baluch Cultural Festival Held

Baluch Cultural Festival Held

On the occasion of the World Museum Day and the Cultural Heritage Week, Cultural Festival of Baluch Women was held in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan on May 18-19.
Secretary of the festival, Shahin Borhanzehi said: “The flow of information and exchange of viewpoints among Baluch women are aimed at increasing women’s participation in cultural, artistic and social field and finding out the challenges faced by Baluch women during the two-day event,“ reported Press TV.
Cosponsored by Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization’s Research Center of Anthropology, Youth Organization of Farmer’s House, and Sistan-Baluchestan governor’s office, the festival pursues promotion of knowledge of Baluch women, creating more jobs for them and studying women’s status in Islam.

Pages about Baluh Rugs

This is a [partial list of my Baluch Rugs guides. I keep looking at this group and dividing it into groups that seem relevant. Here are a few of the various guide pages I have written. The rugs of the Baluch are so varied that one simple guide does not do it

Guide to Baluch Rugs - Persian Carpet Guide

Baluch Rugs: Guide to the Baluch Balisht and Pushti

Persian Rugs: Baluch Prayer Rugs

Guide to Baluch and Baluch Group Prayer Rugs

Baluch Rugs: Guideto Baluch Type Rugs of Zabol Iran

Guide to Arab Baluch Rugs

The REVIEW of the Tom Cole Jerry Anderson Interview HALI 76 - MUST READING FOR BALUCH RUG COLLECTORS

Persian Rugs: Baluch - Persian Rug Guide

Persian Rugs: Baluch-Squidoo

"Baluch" from the Collection of Mark Hopkins

The New England Rug Society Presents An ACOR 8 Exhibit

"Baluch" from the Collection of Mark Hopkins
I was quite pleased to see that NERS has posted a very nice exhibition from the Mark Hopkins' Collection. Mark has an interesting approach which he discusses in his introduction. He pretty well dismisses the ethnographic significance of the pieces and looks at them as art. The show focuses on a very narrow group of rugs with a large degree of repetition of design elements. While one may agree or disagree with Mark's approach focus instead on the unity and cohesiveness of the collection and seek to understand what an important collector saw in it.

Rippon Boswell Wiesbaden March 10, 2007

Rippon Boswell Wiesbaden has major rug sales but it also as minor sales as well. Some of these can be very interesting as well. Auction 680 will be held March 10, 2007. I spotted a few pieces that I found interesting. here are a few I added to the Rug Notes:
Baluch Rugs: Baluch Bagface early 20th C Rippon Boswell Lot 18
Baluch Rugs: Baluch Balisht 1st Quarter 20th C Rippon Boswell Lot 18
Baluch Rugs: Baluch Rug C 1900 Rippon Boswell Lot 64
Birjand Rugs: Birjand Carpet Circa 1920 Rippon Boswell Lot 30
Tabriz Rugs: Tabriz Carpet circa 1920 Rippon Boswell Lot 25
Tabriz Rugs: Tabriz Carpet circa 1930/40 Rippon Boswell Lot 159
Best wishes,
Barry