Iranian folk music
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Iranian folk music refers to the folk music transmitted through generations among the people of Iran, often consisting of tunes that exist in numerous variants.
From left: Mohammad Heydari, Hooshang Zarif, Mohammad Esmaili and Parisa, 1976
Parisa
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Fatemeh Va'ezi, better known as Parisa, is a Persian classical singer, Avaz master, and one of the foremost female vocalists of Iran.
Iranian folk music
…Iranian vocal mode of āvāz-e dašti, is closely associated with Iranian folk tunes. From left: Mohammad Heydari, Hooshang Zarif, Mohammad Esmaili and Parisa, 1976 Ru howzi, a musical comedy in Iran's traditional theater, involves loose paraphrases of stories from Iranian folklore and classical literature…
Parisa, 2015 (photo by Saghar Barekat)
Parisa in the 1970s
Parisa performing at the Shiraz Arts Festival