[Leica] IMGS: Abyaneh, Iran

[Tina Manley]

Thanks, Jim.  Yes, she was very lonely and didn't want us to leave.  She
even invited us to her house for tea but it was getting too late.

Tina

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Tina, they are all getting posted.  I've enjoyed browsing, even without
> your explanations.  It looks like the lady from Tehran had plenty to say!
> :-)
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 5/10/2016 1:36 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> PESO:
>>
>> I'm not sure any of these are getting through but I'm continuing to post
>> anyway!!  We visited an ancient Zoroastrian red mud village in the
>> mountains near Isfahan.  There are only 30 families left there and they
>> are
>> mostly elderly people.  The kids have all left for the cities.  We visited
>> a bakery, met some women on the street and talked to Soghra, an Abyanaki
>> widow. The women here wear a colorful chador which is their traditional
>> costume. They speak Middle Persian here which is very different from Farsi
>> but Hossein managed to translate most of what she had to say.  She had
>> come
>> back to visit but now lives in Tehran.  Her only son, a doctor who lived
>> in
>> Kerman, had died of a heart attack when he was only in his 50's.  She
>> comes
>> back to the village for the quiet and to get away from the city.  We
>> really
>> like this village and would go back any time.  I have a lot more photos to
>> process from there!
>>
>>
>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000PrFtiRdZnKo
>>
>> And keep going until there aren't any more!!
>>
>> C&C greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>
>
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