چکیده:
Bathing culture and bathroom in Iran had different functions In addition to its normal health function which explanation and investigation of those functions and dimensions can help us to have a better understanding of Iran cultural history.Thus the problem of this research is to study the aspects، various functions and different dimensions of Iranian bathing culture during Qajar period to answer the question on the features of the Iranian Bathing of that period? The claim of this paper is that Iranian bathing culture during that period had various aspects and roles in addition to its health function in four fields such as health، religious، social and aesthetics which were raised from Iranian and Islamic identity believes and native lifestyle. This paper is trying to show these functions based on descriptive analytical method.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Therefore, the issue of the present research is to investigate the manifestations, diverse functions, and different dimensions of the bathing culture of Iranians during the Qajar period to answer this question: what were the characteristics of the bathing of Iranians in that era?
In response, the article proposes the claim that the bathing culture of Iranians in that era, in addition to its hygienic function, had other multiple dimensions and roles in four areas: hygienic-health, religious, aesthetic-cognitive, and social, which stem from identity-forming beliefs and the indigenous Iranian-Islamic way of life.
In answering this, it should be noted that although bathing was a common response of all Iranians to the concept of cleanliness, since it had a deep connection with the beliefs and indigenous culture of the people of that time, it formed a continuous set of behaviors, customs, and traditions and, unlike today, was not limited only to washing the body from impurities, but rather had diverse characteristics and functions consistent with the culture of the people of that era.
Since no independent, coherent, and documented historical research has been conducted so far regarding the bathing culture of Iranians in the Qajar era, consequently, the various dimensions of its hygienic, religious, aesthetic-cognitive, and social functions are not well known.
Another of the hygienic functions of the Iranian bathing culture of that era was the custom of applying henna, which was very widespread and adhered to by everyone from women and men to the old and the young.
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