A Comparative Study on Rites of Passage in Iran and India (case study: birth and death)

Transition rites are terms for passing and coming from one stage to another stage of human biological and cultural life which the rituals are associated with their own events and gain the dignity for sure that is different. The most important events in human life comprises three main stages: birth, marriage, death. Due to aviod prolonging the discussion, rites related to the opening and final stage, birth and death, in Iran and India, comparatively investigated. Because of the need to better understanding the spiritual cultural cooperation between Iran and India, in order to further understanding, this article attempts to study two basic categories of rites related to birth and death in Iran and India as well. Achieve the common cultural roots and alignment in doing of many of those rites will be the final outcome of this research. The results has been trying to access a library of written sources and methods of analysis used data collected.