Kerman`s Pateh

TODAY’S KERMAN
Vice President for Science
and Technology announced
in kerman:
Low interest
loans
for new technologies
Economy desk:
Reported by Public Relation section of the
governor general's office of Kerman, Sorena
Sattari, Vice President for Science and
Technology, traveled to Kerman on Monday, 20th
of June 2015.
The Vice President for Science and Technology,
visited various parts of Shahid Bahonar Copper
Industries Co, and then in a session with the
authorities of Shahid Bahonar Copper Industries
Co and governor general of Kerman,
emphasized on the importance of intellectual
capitals of the society and said: intellectual
capitals are of prime importance towards
machineries because machines and tools are
salable but science and intelligence are not.
Sorena Sattari referring to the essence of
motivating youth and providing them by enough
stimulus for their participation in knowledge
based activities, remarked: as a matter of fact, we
possess the knowledge and we need to know
how to utilize this knowledge using science and
our academic members.
He reminded that innovation and researches are
sustainable through having a proper mechanism,
and that industries should not consider their
contract to universities as a trading benefit.
He further announced of giving low interest loans
and said: the Innovation and Development Fund
was established for this purpose.
Sattari announced his strong support from
special projects that are able to make an
economic evolution in Kerman province.
Kerman's governor general also made a speech
in this session and said: according to the
province's capacity and its activities in various
industries particularly mining, it can be
considered as a base for knowledge-based
companies as well as a base of research and
development throughout the country.
Alireza Razm Hoseyni, governor general of
Kerman province further remarked: Shahid
Bahonar Copper Industries Co and
Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex working in the
same field, are considered as two main
knowledge-based companies in non-metal
industries. Knowledge-based companies need to
join private section, he added.
The Vice President for Science and Technology
also visited Kerman Tablo Company and referred
to the importance of companies' independency
from government and finding their customers
from private sector. He further said: government
money seems to be more sweet and pleasant
while it doesn't worth it given its troubles and
humiliations, besides waiting behind managers'
closed doors is not interesting!
Sattari also addressed the result of the 5+1
negotiations and reminded: by removing
sanctions we can witness decrease in costs of
companies such as Kerman Tablo.
He pointed out: knowledge-based companies
can enjoy tax and customs exemption and
according to these companies need to import
some parts, by removing sanctions some of their
costs will be decreased too.
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Rock made village “Meymand”
was registered in UNESCO as a world heritage
Tourism desk:
Reported by public relation section of
Kerman's governor general's office, the 39th
session of world heritage committee of United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), is on hold now for
reviewing proposed eligible world heritage and
during the session the rock made village
“Meymand” was added to UNESCO's list of
World Heritage Sites.
This session has been held with the presence
of Iran's panel that consists of Tlebian, deputy
head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and
Tourism Organization as the head of panel,
Alireza Razm Hoseyni, governor general of
Kerman province and Jalali, Iran's permanent
delegate in UNESCO and regional manager of
“Meymand”. During the session the cultural
facets of the village were evaluated.
It is noteworthy that due to “Prudence and
Hope Government” efforts to preserve cultural
heritages of the country, the amount of 1.5
billiard Tomans fund was allocated and spent
for preparing and preserving Meymand village,
by direct order of Kerman's governor general in
last year, in order to be proposed in the
UNESCO's world heritage committee and to
be registered in the list of UNESCO's World
heritage Sites.
Registration of Kaloutes (yardangs) of
Shahdad desert and Fath Abad Garden in the
list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, are the
future plans of the governor general's office of
Kerman and also Iran Cultural Heritage,
Handcrafts and Tourism Organization.
Meymand is a very ancient village which is
located near Shahr-e Babak city in Kerman
Province. Meymand is believed to be a primary
human residence in the Iranian Plateau, dating
back to 12,000 years ago. Many of the
residents live in the 350 hand-dug houses
amid the rocks, some of which have been
inhabited for as long as 3,000 years. Stone
engravings nearly 10,000 years old are found
around the village, and deposits of pottery
nearly 6,000 years old attest to the long history
of settlement at the village site.
Regarding the origin of these structures two
theories have been suggested: According to
the first theory, this village was built by a group
of the Aryan tribe about 800 to 700 years B.C.
and at the same time with the Median era. It is
possible that the cliff structures of Meymand
were built for religious purposes. Worshippers
of Mithras believe that the sun is invincible and
this guided them to consider mountains as
sacred. Hence the stone cutters and architects
of Meymand have set their beliefs out in the
construction of their dwellings. Based on the
second theory the village dates back to the
second or third century A.D. During the Arsacid
era different tribes of southern Kerman
migrated in different directions. These tribes
found suitable places for living and settled in
those areas by building their shelters which
developed in time into the existing homes.
The existence of a place known as the
fortress of Meymand, near the village, in
which more than 150 ossu
aries (bone-receptacle) of the
Sassanid period were found,
strengthens this
theory.
Kerman's rose water pre-ordered
by famous European and American perfume manufacturers
research, and they knew that the
area and the climate were very
suitable for growing roses.
R e p o r t e d b y Te h r a n t i m e s : However, the idea was at first
Lalehzar plains, located in the mocked by officials and locals. But
southeastern province of Kerman, as time went by and with the
has earned worldwide reputation
for its rose water - mostly preordered up to a year in advance by
famous American and European
perfume manufacturers.
Lalehzar plains in Bardsir County,
has turned its fortune around.
Once a poverty-stricken area
where locals were tempted to
cultivate opium poppies to make
ends meet, it now ranks as the
second producer of rose water in
the country.
It happened just before the Islamic
Revolution, when a man named
Homayoun Sanatizadeh and his
wife went there and encouraged
people to cultivate roses. The
couple had done great deal of
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couple's efforts, a blanket of rose
flowers gradually covered the area
.They also built a workshop for
producing rose water which is now
being run by some orphans many
years after the couple's death.
Mohamamd Kasayee, an
agricultural expert, told the Mehr
that the cultivation of rose in
Lalehzar plains was a smart idea
carried out based on study and
research.
“The cultivation of rose is costeffective, and the climate here has
made it possible to produce the
best rose water in Iran. It is totally
true that today´s bread and butter
of thousands of families in Kerman
depend mostly on rose flowers,” he
said. “Giving a new lease of life to
a once upon a time povertystricken area, Bardsir and Lalehzar
with vast patches of roses and
hundreds of manufacturers are
now attracting thousands of
tourists from across Iran each
year,” Kasayee concluded.
Kerman is now the second
producer of rose water in Iran, and
the business is booming day by
day.
Kerman’s Pateh
Pateh is one of the traditional arts, which is
specific to Kerman. Kerman's women use
colorful threads on a wide, red or dark blue
piece of cloth, which they call it “Ariz”
(meaning “wide” in Persian) with very
special beautiful designs that exhilarate
every art lover.
Pateh Tree, aigrette, pine, peacock and
cypress are the major patterns which are
used in Pateh's design. Pateh is woven in
various types and sizes, including a small
size suitable for brides to use it as a bag
and a big enough size to be spread on
tables or to decorate them.
Pateh is an example of Iranian needleworks. There is a kind of Pteh with colorful
designs of bergamot, cedar and bush on a
wide rectangular piece of cloth named
Shawl, which is the result of endeavor of
hard-working girls and women of Kerman.
Pateh consists of two parts, the
background of the Shawl named Ariz and
the colorful and wooly spinners that called
Pateh. Both cloth and spinner are wooden
and are provided in different colors. Pateh
is made only in Kerman and sewing Pateh
is common in all towns and villages around
Kerman province particularly in Sirjan and
Rafsanjan.