Mareke Giri (Persian: معرکه‌گیری, lit. 'fighting or combat') is a type of traditional street performance in Iran.[1][2][3] The Mareke Gir is a person who entertains people with his "special powers", such as breaking chains with his arms, breaking stones with his hands, handling big cats, and/or handling snakes.[1][4][5][6]
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Mareke Giri are free shows in public locations; viewers will give the performer some money to encourage them.[7] Occasionally the shows will have a mix religious undertones, and sometimes an element of fraud will occur.
See also
edit- List of busking locations
- Persian theatre, history of entertainment in Iran
- Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals, traditional system of athletics for men in Iran
References
edit- ^ a b ذوالفقاری, حسن (2020-02-20). "معرکه و معرکه‌گیری در ایران به روایت سفرنامه‌نویسان" [Fighting and fighting in Iran according to travel writers]. مطالعات فرهنگ و هنر آسیا. 1 (1): 85–129. doi:10.30465/acas.2019.2693. ISSN 2716-9839.
- ^ "معرکه‌گیران در فرهنگ عامه به روایت شهرآشوبِ سیدای نسفی" [Fighters in popular culture according to Sedayi Nasfi's City of Chaos]. cfl.modares.ac.ir (in Persian). Islamic Azad University, Tarbiat Modares University. 2018.
- ^ "تصاویر/معرکه گیری" [Images / combat]. شبکه اطلاع رسانی راه دانا (in Persian). Dana Information Network. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "معرکه گیری با مار در محله تهرانسر" [Fighting with a snake in Tehransar neighborhood]. Jam-e Jam Online (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "هنوز بازار معرکه‌گیری در خیابان داغ است..." [The fighting market is still hot in the street]. ایسنا ISNA (in Persian). 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ ها, اخبار استان (March 2016). "معرکه‌گیری به قیمت لقمه‌ای نان". Tabnakqom.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ جعفری, حسین. "معرکه و معرکه گیری در ایران" [Fighting and fighting in Iran, essay]. کتاب صحنه (in Persian). 1 (1): 23–38.
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