Pishkhani a memorial element of taziyeh in the rural areas of southern Khorasan(Case Study: Sarkhong )

Taziyeh is formed from a set of mythical mirrors and religious beliefs.The long-standing connection of poetry, music and drama in this ritual has led to the growth and development of each.Taziyeh is a ritual that can not be done without an introduction and context.Among the preliminaries of the taziyeh, we can mention the Pishkhani which is an entrance for the spectators and listeners to enter the text of the main event.In the present study, which was conducted by documentary and survey methods, the counters of similitude readings in Sarkhong village in South Khorasan, which is one of the oldest similitude centers in the province, have been briefly reviewed and introduced.The importance of the present research is that some of the prefaces introduced in any of the recent written sources are not stated and in a way give more credibility to the originality of the research work. According to the evidence, the existing taziyeh is related to the Qajar period, and the similitude reading ceremony in this village has been performed continuously from this period until today, with all its introductions and endings.