The Analysis of Religious Components in Bakhtiyari's Folk Poems

Folk poem plays an important role in representing and institutionalizing the identity, especially religious identity in Bakhtiari culture. In this research, the religious components in folk poems of Bakhtiari people (nursery, lyric, poems related to wedding and threnody) were analyzed through descriptive-analytical method to indicate the image of reflected religious components in these poems and the function of these concepts in Bakhtiari culture. Also, it has been investigated that religious components are more reflected in which one of these poems, and what kind of difference is seen in this regard. The name of God, Prophet (p.b.u.h), Imam Ali (p.b.u.h), Imam Reza (p.b.u.h), Imams posterities, Resurrection, Pilgrimage, Kaaba, Mashhad, Karbala, Prayer, Quran and prayer sign are among the most important religious components represented in these poems. The results of the study showed that nursery rhyme, first the child acquaints with the qualities of God indirectly and teaches him that in order to solve problems, he must trust in God and resort to the Prophet and Imams. In the poems related to the wedding, the religious beliefs of the bride and groom are presented and that the God and the Imams are the remedy to the disasters. The most diversity and reflection of religious components can be found in threnodies. In this type, either the religious beliefs of the decedent are talked about or ask God to solve the problems and illnesses of the deceased people.