Document Type : Scientific Research Manuscript
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PhD in Political Sociology, Department of Political Science, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Associate Professor, Institute for Cultural, Social and Civilization Studies, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
For the native people of northern Iran, the organization of the bloody battle of two bulls is called Varzajang. They insist on its continuation under titles such as safeguarding the local game, tradition, preservation of culture, and protection of identity. Although during the last few centuries, this unusual culture has undergone tremendous changes with the transformation of social structures, but its main core, "fighting two bulls", still remains. Recently, some university researchers also emphasized economic dimensions, its development to attract profit and financial income for the host, the attraction of tourism, and social cohesion. Although many tourists and historians in Iran have called this phenomenon a play since the past, but the ideal of the presence of wisdom in individual and social life makes us consider a play beautiful that accepts the equality of actors in its functions. This show, which has a kind of unconventional livelihood, denies half of its actors (women). Our intention to deal with this issue is not to try to bring women into this campaign, but to critically analyze it. Therefore, the central question is that the lack of presence of women in this ceremony indicates what kind of relationships? Therefore, the researcher tried to find an appropriate answer to the above questions with the bio-experiment among the mentioned activists and adopting the Moustakas strategy in phenomenology as a method as a result, Varzajang, in the continuation of the cultural tradition of the past in the society, despite the changes it has had, has not come close to the threshold of a cohesive social play.
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