Sar Agha Seyed, Iran 🇮🇷

Sar Agha Seyed is a village in Southwest Iran, inhabitants of the village are Bakhtiari. They were nomadic people approximately 400 years before but they gradually become sedentary and built their modest home around the shrine of Sar Agha Seyed which village took it’s name from this holy man and first settlements took it’s shape around this shrine. Today this shrine serve as a mosque and shrine at the same time.
The Bakhtiari live between the region of Khuzestan and Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari (Yes, that’s right. The province is named after them). They speak a dialect of Persian called Lori and are Shia Muslims like the majority of the country.
Today, the estimation shows that only a third of the tribe remains nomadic. Since many have settled down to become agriculturist. Some others were forced to move to cities due to economic hardship and unemployment. Yet, those that continue the nomadic lifestyle undergo one of the most challenging and fascinating migratory traditions alive.