THE EYERANIANS

Sallam’s to all! Firstly I would just like to welcome you all to my first post! =)! Well the title of my first post is what’s it like to be an Iranian/Persian? Firstly, the question should be asked can we still call ourselves Persian. After all the country doesn’t exist anymore! But then again as man has said Persian sounds friendlier and they prefer it! The question is what do you Iranians/Persians think? I would also just like to add this post has been inspired by this article: CHECK IT OUT! Why do you identity with this whole Persian thing? Is it because its fashionable? For example now a day’s you see lots of people wearing the Farahvar! But do you actually know what it means? Or is it worn because once again its a ‘fashion’ statement? Personally I used to wear my farahvar because of what it meant ‘good words, good thoughts, good deeds’ but all of a sudden SO many people started wearing it and had no idea what it meant so to me it lost the prestige because no longer did it have that beautiful meaning…. The whole Persian thing has become a fad, is that because its seen as ‘friendlier; because its associated with an empire and an Aryan race! But then again I know some of you will know this but do others known that Iran actually stands for ‘

Land of Aryans. You see while this generation associated with being Persian during the time of the Shah he preferred to be called an Iranian because to him being Persian associated with the past conquerers.. In a sense I’m playing the role of devils advocate! But I do have another question, what does it mean to be an Iranian now a days? Is it the whole cliche blond hair and excessive make up? Or is it the beautiful culture and traditions?! But then again adding to that do the traditions still remain or are they lost to past generations?! This will be addressed in another post. I’m supposed to keep the posts short and sweet and I’m not too sure whether this is too long or to short! Hopefully it was an okay first post and please answer the questions asked! Hopefully an interesting debate will arise and also I’m genuinely interested in your answers which will be addressed in another post! Thank you very much for reading my very first post! Dastet’toon dard nakone!

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