Ma'rekeh-giri

Ma'rekeh-giri[1] (Iranian Persian: معرکه‌گیری, romanized: maʿreke-giri, lit. 'fighting or combat'), also spelled mareke giri, is a type of traditional street performance in Iran.[2][3][4] The ma'rekeh-gir is a person who entertains people with his "special powers", such as breaking chains with his arms, breaking stones with his hands, handling big cats, and/or handling snakes.[2][5][6][7]

Ma'rekeh-giri performances are free shows in public locations; viewers will give the performer some money to encourage them.[8] Occasionally the shows will have a mix religious undertones, and sometimes an element of fraud will occur.

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References

  1. ^ Keshmirshekan 2019, p. 257.
  2. ^ a b ذوالفقاری, حسن (2020-02-20). "معرکه و معرکه‌گیری در ایران به روایت سفرنامه‌نویسان" [Fighting and fighting in Iran according to travel writers]. مطالعات فرهنگ و هنر آسیا. 1 (1): 85–129. doi:10.30465/acas.2019.2693. ISSN 2716-9839.
  3. ^ "معرکه‌گیران در فرهنگ عامه به روایت شهرآشوبِ سیدای نسفی" [Fighters in popular culture according to Sedayi Nasfi's City of Chaos]. cfl.modares.ac.ir (in Persian). Islamic Azad University, Tarbiat Modares University. 2018.
  4. ^ "تصاویر/معرکه گیری" [Images / combat]. شبکه اطلاع رسانی راه دانا (in Persian). Dana Information Network. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  5. ^ "معرکه گیری با مار در محله تهرانسر" [Fighting with a snake in Tehransar neighborhood]. Jam-e Jam Online (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  6. ^ "هنوز بازار معرکه‌گیری در خیابان داغ است..." [The fighting market is still hot in the street]. ایسنا ISNA (in Persian). 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  7. ^ ها, اخبار استان (March 2016). "معرکه‌گیری به قیمت لقمه‌ای نان". Tabnakqom.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  8. ^ جعفری, ‌حسین. "معرکه و معرکه گیری در ایران" [Fighting and fighting in Iran, essay]. کتاب صحنه (in Persian). 1 (1): 23–38.

Sources

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