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Sacred Bond

2026 Annual Competition

Sacred Bond

aref tahmasebiIran

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Minimalism

Entry type: Single

Rituals don’t just shape identity they keep the soul of a people alive. Here, there is no spectacle, only presence. Sacrifice and shared food kindle not custom, but compassion. Dervishes whirl to dissolve, not display. Ordinary folk dance feet echoing stone, hearts singing history. These moments aren’t fragments; they’re threads weaving the living to the lost, the seen to the unseen. This isn’t reenactment it’s remembrance, rebirth, and return. The Wedding of Pir Shalyar lives again in Hawraman’

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