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Example of mil exercise
First example of varid kardan (lit. “letting in”)
Murshid Alireza Hojjati performing a poem by Hafiz to the narmesh exercise.
Murshid Qasim Qasimi sings a devotional poem during the narmesh and pā exercises
Second example of varid kardan (lit. “letting in”)
Interaction between myāndār and murshid in performance
Kabbādeh exercise
Pā exercise - with a devotional poem sung by murshid Ehsan Golchin 

Federico Spinetti

Federico Spinetti is a professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Cologne, Germany. His research has primarily focused on the political economy of music in Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia, particularly Tajikistan; on musical relations across the Mediterranean Sea (including his edited collection Giuseppe Donizetti Pasha: Musical and Historical Trajectories between Italy and Turkey, 2010); and on contemporary Italian popular music. Since 2006 he has been researching the music-architecture nexus in the context of the Iranian traditional martial arts gymnasium (zūrkhāneh), directing a documentary film on this topic (Zurkhaneh: The House of Strength—Music and Martial Arts of Iran, 2011).
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Of Mirrors and Frames: Music, Sound, and Architecture at the Iranian Zurkhaneh (Iran)
Of Mirrors and Frames: Music, Sound, and Architecture at the Iranian Zurkhaneh (Iran)
Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam: Supplemental Media
Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam: Supplemental Media
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Federico Spinetti
Federico Spinetti is a professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Cologne, Germany. His research has primarily focused on the political economy of music in Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia, particularly Tajikistan; on musical relations across the Mediterranean Sea (including his edited collection Giuseppe Donizetti Pasha: Musical and Historical Trajectories between Italy and Turkey, 2010); and on contemporary Italian popular music. Since 2006 he has been researching the music-architecture nexus in the context of the Iranian traditional martial arts gymnasium (zūrkhāneh), directing a documentary film on this topic (Zurkhaneh: The House of Strength—Music and Martial Arts of Iran, 2011).
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Example of mil exercise
Example of mil exercise.
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First example of varid kardan (lit. “letting in”)
First example of varid kardan (lit. “letting in”)
MOV
Murshid Alireza Hojjati performing a poem by Hafiz to the narmesh exercise.
Murshid Alireza Hojjati performing a poem by Hafiz to the narmesh exercise.
MOV
Murshid Qasim Qasimi sings a devotional poem during the narmesh and pā exercises
Murshid Qasim Qasimi sings a devotional poem during the narmesh and pā exercises
MOV
Second example of varid kardan (lit. “letting in”)
Second example of varid kardan (lit. “letting in”)
MOV
Interaction between myāndār and murshid in performance
Interaction between myāndār and murshid in performance
MOV
Kabbādeh exercise
Kabbādeh exercise
MOV
Pā exercise - with a devotional poem sung by murshid Ehsan Golchin 
Pā exercise - with a devotional poem sung by murshid Ehsan Golchin – followed by the charkh exercise
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Of Mirrors and Frames: Music, Sound, and Architecture at the Iranian Zurkhaneh (Iran)
Of Mirrors and Frames: Music, Sound, and Architecture at the Iranian Zurkhaneh (Iran)
Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam: Supplemental Media
Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam: Supplemental Media
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