پژوهش نامه فرهنگی هرمزگان
سال چهارم شماره 6 (پاییز و زمستان 1392و بهار و تابستان 1393)

The present paper attempts to study fairies and fairy-like women in the folk-tales in Hormozgan. The folk-tales and myth in Hormozgan, like other components of the folk culture, are full of diverse mythological motifs, the old beliefs, and rituals of the nation. Therefore, it has the potential to be used as an important source for studying the Iranian culture and thought, anthropology, sociology, and generally cultural studies. Fairy as a mythological and super-natural being in the structure of Hormozgan’s folk-tales has been embodied as an earthly and wise being, and has turned to a beautiful girl. Nevertheless, it is still a marvelous creature who displays its fairy-like characteristics and attributes in many tales. In these tales, fairies and fairy-like women appear to men as a human being or an animal in order to fulfill their reproductive roles. Then, they try to marry them through love expression. Their roles end after giving birth to a baby, and then they disappear from the tale.

Folklore literally refers to all knowledge, beliefs, arts, rules, customs, habits, abilities, and practices which are the intellectual product of the human beings who have lived in the same time and place. If we study the folklore more seriously, we will achieve some significant and valuable information about the different historical, social, economic, and cultural backgrounds of the people who have lived in the same time and geographical place. Since folklore is of great importance in introducing the history and culture of the people who live in an area, we try to study the folkloric elements in the native poems of Ibrahim Monsefi (Raami), Hasan Karami, and Saleh Sangbor. Such studies may hopefully help to maintain this area’s folklore. In this paper, the texts of the poems have been studied, then the folkloric elements in these poems have been analyzed. the results of this study revealed that these poets have played an important role in maintaining Hormozgan’s folkloric treasures., such studies may reveal significant information about different aspects of culture and life of the people who have lived in the past.

The present paper intends to examine the morphological characteristics of Bandari dialect. The data which have been used in this study include one hundred language forms which have been gathered through interview and voice recording. After the data description and analysis, the morphological characteristics of this dialect are as follows:1. Priority of verb ending2. Same verb ending in some tenses3. Omission of the object sign “raa”4. Nominal object group as preposition or complement5. Omission of the conjunctive “taa”6. Negative prefix “na”7. Omission of the superlative8. Added and augend9. Adjective and noun10. The ergative features in this dialect

Man from the beginning of his creation has faced many questions and curiosities. He considers everything in life as vague. insufficient information about creation of mankind from the beginning of the world around him unconsciously led man to glorify many natural and unnatural elements, to consider them as gods and to take refuge on them because of the fear about the events surrounding him, or to believe in them as gods in addition to his belief in unique God. as a result myth and world’s mythological principles were created. Some poets have reflected various mythological discussions in their poems. One of the poets whose poems can be viewed in terms of myth is the eighth century’s poet, Khajouye Kermani. In this paper we examine the mythological elements in Khajouye Kermani’s poems especially the mythological gods to whom he implores, and then compare them to other nation’s myths. Generally, in Khajou’s implorings, the general myth is manifested in three ways:1. Elements which are categorized as mythological deities and are directly worshiped.2. Mythological deities who are not directly implored, but have a role in different characters’ imploring in Khajou’s poems.3. Elements which in spite of having a mythological background are not considered as mythological deities, but are implored.

Bandare- Abbas and the Persian Gulf written by Mohammad –Ali Khane Sadid Alsaltaneh Kababi is one of the significant writings about Hormozgan province. This book which was written at the time of Sadid Al-saltaneh’s administrative missions has been considered as an important book because though Sadid al-saltaneh was aware of the central state’s lack of consideration to this province, he tried to present some valuable information about it. This information which is the result of the writer’s observations and researches is concerned with the different economical, geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Hormozgan. Having a content- analysis approach, this book focuses on only the economical part of the volume I of the book because the economic data and information presented in the book show Hormozgan’s independence and self-sufficiency at the time of the writer. Hormozgan has a geography with the sea on one side, and mountain, desert, and plain on the other side. These unique features have given it a special position. In addition to sea and sea trading, land and farming are some important factors in business and money earning. As a result, the central state benefits from the taxes. Presenting this information, the writer of this paper tries to state Hormozgan’s economic and strategic position. Thus, it gives information about Hormozgan to the central state which has been ignorant about this area’s position.

One of the issues followed by the English as a way to reach their ends was establishing telegraph office and consulate in the Persian Gulf so that they could follow their purposes in the area. The telegraph office connected Mumbai to Masghat, Hengam Island, Qeshm, Bandare -Abbas, Kerman, and finally Tehran. The telegraph office could transmit the news very rapidly, and the British government’s orders were received very soon via it. The British government’s efforts to establish some political centers in order to create some privacy in other countries was a result of British imposition of military power in different areas of the world specially in the Persian Gulf and Iran. England’s consulates were established in Iran’s different cities like Isfahan, Yazd, Kerman, Mashhad, Shiraz, and Bandare- Abbas. Each of these consulates was administered by England’s consulate in Tehran. When necessary, some of these consulates made contacts to London directly. Therefore, British consulates in the Persian Gulf, Boushehr, and Bandare- Abbas were of great importance.

Press as the fourth principle of democracy plays an important role in the cultural, political, and social relation among the different states and nations. This study is based on the descriptive and documentary method. The paper first refers to India as the first country where the Persian newspaper for the first time was published. Then, it refers to the role of the southern ports- as a cultural mediation- in the arrival of the newspaper to Iran. Then the way reading houses were established in Iran and Hormozgan will be presented. After that the formation, content, and press publication forms in Hormozgan from the beginning to 1389 will be studied.

Zaar has a therapeutic role, and it is very common in the south of Iran. This ritual has been also reported in some other countries such as the Persian Gulf countries, Egypt, and some areas in Africa. The southern people of Iran, from one hand, believe that Zaar is related to the concept of Ahle-hava, and on the other hand, it is known as a genie that has a long background in the primitive religions of Africa and other ancient faiths. However, there are many distinctions between the initial origins of Zaar and its current rituals. An accurate understanding of this ritual can be possible only through analyzing its origins. This area has stayed almost untouched except in a few papers and dissertations about Zaar. In this paper the reports of the believers in Zaar in the south of Iran have been compared and evaluated with the ancient mythological stories using a documentary- historical research method and the analytical approach. This study indicates that there are some significant similarities and affinities between the Zaar ritual in Hormozgan district and the ancient mythologies and faiths of the world specially the god of wind (vaay) and the idle gods in the African Mythology. In conclusion, it can be said that these mythologies and the ancient faiths have had a fundamental and effective role in development of the Zaar ritual in the south of Iran.

Zaar ritual has been practiced for centuries all over the coasts of the Persian Gulf from Khouzestan to Balouchestan, the Arabic islands and cities around the Persian Gulf. So far, this ritual in Iran has been studied from a descriptive, anthropological, and music therapy point of view. Therefore, many questions concerning this mysterious ritual have remained unanswered. This ritual includes a wide area around the Persian Gulf, and many people believe in it. This paper tries to study the “Zaar” ritual based on some anthropological, sociological, epistemological, and mythological data using a descriptive- analytical method. The research results reveal that the old practitioners of Zaar ritual have had a mythological understanding of the world around them which is quite different from modern man’s charm-free understanding of the world.

Sidewalks, from the far past, in addition to the physical role and function have had some social and cultural roles and functions, and many of the social interactions and communications have been formed in this environment. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine the social role and function of the sidewalks and specially to study the effect of improving and repairing the sidewalks on the increase of the social interactions and communications, and the tourism development in the old areas of Kish Island. The research methodology is a descriptive- analytical method. The required information of the research has been gathered through completing a questionnaire and interview. The statistical model and coefficients in SPSS software have been used in analyzing the data. The main hypothesis of the research is based on the explanation of the meaningful relation between improving and repairing the sidewalks and the increase of the social interactions in the old areas of Kish Island which has been tested by the use of Kendall’s Tau-b model, and the test’s result confirms the hypothesis. Moreover, the test of its meaningful relation has been proved by the tourism development. As a result, considering the important role of the sidewalks in the increase of the social interactions and the tourism development, it is suggested that the sidewalks should be improved and repaired according to the cultural and historical features and the compliance of the specialized components. So, the way for the social interactions and tourism development will be paved.

This study is a survey of the level of familiarity with the administrative system in Iran among the law students of Payame Nour University in Hormozgan Province. Nowadays, the administrative law seems to have an unbreakable link with protection of basic citizens’ rights, our society is also not an exception in this regard. Thus, familiarity with the administrative law and explaining it for the society is law students’ duty. The main research question of this study is “what factors affect the level of the familiarity of law students with the dominant administrative system in Iran?” In order to find an answer to this question, after providing a definition for the administrative system, the theoretical principles have been presented based on the impact of having knowledge about the administrative system on the compliance of the citizen’s rights. Then, there is an analysis of the data based on the data obtained through questionnaire. The results shows that some factors like practical experience, scientific research, and the teacher’s teaching methods in Hormozgan’s Payame Nour universities play a significant role in the law students’ familiarity with the administrative system in Iran.