Parizad

2020

24min

The Keshvar khale, a lonely old woman, is the only one living in an ancient village called Chasham in Northern Iran. She earns her living by picking medicinal plants and livestock her only cattle. Keshvar khale is one of the few living people weaving an amazing weave called gelij. A weave that is being forgotten and only remains in this village. Her house overlooks the hill, next to which she dug a vestibule to create a karchali (a traditional weaving room), where she weaves gelijs. Keshvar khale believes that Gelijs is a very old and a legendary fairy who lived in a cave near her village and taught the handicraft to the people living there.