Passed down from generation to generation the religious ritual is traditionally observed by hundreds of faithful shia muslims who came together in khaveh village of mashhad e ardehal near kashan.
Mashhad ardehal carpet.
Qalishuyan carpet washing ritual in mashhad e ardehal kashan province is a ritual ceremony that is held every year in the second friday of mehr in ardehal located 40km to kashan.
Contents 1 mashad e ardehal carpet washing ceremony iran s world heritage site at unesco 2 carpet washing ceremony the ancient religion of iran 2 1 the reason for holding the ceremony 2 2 how qalisuyan rituals of mashad e ardehal is held 2 3 fin people gathering 3 picking up the carpet from the shrine 4 carrying carpets.
Being the martyrdom place of one of the shia imamzadehs is why this place is called mashhad which literary means the place of shahadat martyrdom.
The carpet washing ghali shuyan ceremony one of the most interesting religious ceremonies of the shiites is held in mashhad ardehal.
A ceremony that was inscribed on the unesco world heritage list in 1388 sh.
It is a traditional religious historical mourning ceremony.