چکیده مقاله
Candle burning rituals are a near universal component of religious practice, bridging themes of memory, hope, vulnerability, and communal identity In Iran, the symbolism of fire endures in localized rituals, most strikingly in the Seven Candle Nazr practiced in Mazandaran This paper offers an extended, cross disciplinary analysis of candle and fire symbolism across world religions, situating Iranian practice within both global and specifically Islamic frames Employing critical frameworks from cultural memory, ritual studies, and semiotics, and drawing on recent ethnographic material as well as canonical theory, the study uncovers the palimpsest of Zoroastrian, Abrahamic, Islamic, and local Mazandarani significances converging in this living ritual The Seven Candle Nazr, with its unique gendered agency and symbolic complexity, is analyzed as both a product of cultural continuity and creative hybridity, exemplifying the ways ordinary acts can sustain extraordinary reservoirs of meaning
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نویسندگان
Bamshad Hekmatshoartabari
Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
شیوه ارجاع
Hekmatshoartabari, Bamshad,1404,Burning Lights: Candle Symbolism, Iranian Ritual, and the Seven Candle Nazr,11th International Conference on Humanities, Literature and Linguistics,Tehran
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مجموعه مقالات یازدهمین کنفرانس بین المللی علوم انسانی ، ادبیات و زبانشناسی29 آبان 1404 · تهران