Study women's Leisure in rural community (Case Study: Hasan Abad village in the Delfan)

The theme of leisure, spending by different groups of people, and its possible consequenses, suggesting new ways in human life. Leisure with all aspects of cultural, social, political and economic, is an important time consumed in a different time and space by all groups of society in many ways. Understanding how to spend their leisure time among different people can be a basis for the analysis of social trends and changes. Women's Leisure in rural community have less were considered. In the present study the situation of rural women's leisure in Hasan Abad in the Delfan was studied. In this study, leisure time among different generations and with respect to having of the agricultural land and water was assessed using qualitative method. Techniques such as participant observation, interviews and focus group discussions with twenty-two of the rural women for data collection and thematic analysis was used for data analysis. Based on the results, the change of seasons, having of farmland, water, livestock and poultry determines the amount of leisure time in rural women. The type of leisure activities and the amount of time allocated to them in different generations of rural women in comparison the past have been changed. As young rural women because of changing values have little interest in carrying out agricultural activities compared to other generations, there is more leisure time for them. Also the type of leisure activities as a result of new developments, have been changed. Middle-aged women in productive activities, market and non-market have the greatest participation, and consequently, their leisure activities mainly for refreshment. Older women are involved in productive activities, market and non-market, and their leisure activities in order to facilitate life in the village. They in their leisure time producing skin rugs, xik and yarn.