The internationally known ceremony, described as Iran’s only religious ritual based on the Solar Hijri calendar, symbolically commemorates the martyrdom of 'Sultan Ali ibn Imam Muhammad al-Baqir' (AS) and the washing of his shrouded body on a carpet by mourners from the region.
UNESCO has inscribed the Qali Shuyan ceremony on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as part of Iran’s cultural heritage.
Hossein Vaez - seyed mohammad kazemi
