Indo-Iranian cultural thread

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Trivia question. What are the main differences between the Persian (Bokhara) rugs and the Kurdish rugs?

Answer.

Kurdish rugs are somehow differently woven.

https://www.rugknots.com/blogs/rug-a...s-kurdish-rugs


Motifs
There are also big differences between Kurdish motifs and Persian motifs used in the rugs.


Colors
Red and blue colours are Iranic colors, but Kurds use much more the orange colour in their rugs.

Persian Bokhara rug


Kurdish rug (more orange)

[lameduck]

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[Babak]

Very similar to Persian dances

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Also, there is no such thing as 'Indo-Iranian culture'. Indo-Aryan/Vedic/Asian Indian is very different from the Iranian culture. Iranians and Indo-Aryans are two different people with different historical background and different culture.


Indo-Aryan/Vedic culture is linked to IVC, but also AASI people

Iranian culture is linked to northwest Asia, Caucasus and Iran

[Babak]

Also, there is no such thing as 'Indo-Iranian culture'. Indo-Aryan/Vedic/Asian Indian is very different from the Iranian culture. Iranians and Indo-Aryans are two different people with different historical background and different culture.


Indo-Aryan/Vedic culture is linked to IVC, but also AASI people

Iranian culture is linked to northwest Asia, Caucasus and Iran

Actually they split off from a common ancestor.

[Kyp]

Also, there is no such thing as 'Indo-Iranian culture'. Indo-Aryan/Vedic/Asian Indian is very different from the Iranian culture. Iranians and Indo-Aryans are two different people with different historical background and different culture.


Indo-Aryan/Vedic culture is linked to IVC, but also AASI people

Iranian culture is linked to northwest Asia, Caucasus and Iran

This thread is not about origin of Iranic culture. Please don't derail.

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Answer.

Kurdish rugs are somehow differently woven.

https://www.rugknots.com/blogs/rug-a...s-kurdish-rugs


Motifs
There are also big differences between Kurdish motifs and Persian motifs used in the rugs.


Colors
Red and blue colours are Iranic colors, but Kurds use much more the orange colour in their rugs.

Persian Bokhara rug


Kurdish rug (more orange)

Kurdish rug




Persian rugs




Kurds use much more orange colour and have different mostly Caucasian/Hurrian motifs.

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This thread is not about origin of Iranic culture. Please don't derail.

But you are wrong from the very beginning. There is no such thing as 'Indo-Iranian' culture. 'Indo-Iranians' don't exist. There are simply Indo-Aryans in India and Iranians in Iran.

You can't put 2 different separate groups together. This is wrong.

[Dr_Maul]

But you are wrong from the very beginning. There is no such thing as 'Indo-Iranian' culture. 'Indo-Iranians' don't exist. There are simply Indo-Aryans in India and Iranians in Iran.

You can't put 2 different separate groups together. This is wrong.

Pashtuns and Balochis are Indo-Iranian tho

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Pashtuns and Balochis are Indo-Iranian tho

Indo-Iranian? What is 'Indo-Iranian' at the first place? It is just a 'hypothetical' group. In reality 'Indo-Iranians' don't exist.


Pashtuns and Balochis are somewhere between East Iranians and Indo-Aryans. Although the distance between Balochis to Persians is closer than the distance between Pashtuns to Persians. Genetically they don't cluster with the West Iranian people. Iranians are to much more shifted toward the ancient Kura-Araxes (Maykop?) area.