7sang Persian E-zine | English | A trip to the walnuts’ valley

About 7sang

● 7Sang (Haft Sang) is the name of an Iranian e-magazine that has been published in Persian since the year 2002. 7Sang members and authors are Iranians from all around the world. The contents of 7Sang are mostly cultural, artistic and literary subjects. As the most members are living in Iran, the magazine is published under the current country rules.

● 7Sang is just published on the net and there is not any printed volume. Not depending to any party, political group, etc, 7Sang is an independed magazine. There is no commercial objective in publishing 7Sang. Furthermore, the expenses for publishing 7sang are all paid by the members and money they may earn from advertising in the magazine. What publishes in 7Sang is the point of view of the writer. Publishing an opinion in 7Sang, doesn’t always mean accepting it. Literally, 7Sang means Seven Stones. The word has been taken from the name of an Iranian traditional game.

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A trip to the walnuts’ valley

Capturing these photos goes back to the time of my 3-day trip to a village in the heart of the mountain called “Aghouzdarreh” which means “the valley of walnuts!” in the first days of Norouz of 84 that was silence and silence and fog and snow!

A trip to the walnuts’ valley

You get far from the city, as a strange fog from around the mountains and that beautiful valley gets close to your eyes. A rooster flaps its wings, seems that he is saluting. A cattle in guard of the dogs’ barking and the sound of the bells crosses your heart and the village full of tin and clay roofs with rambling houses and cozy narrow alleys, full of windows get round your body. The butterflies land on your hands. Fog gets closer and the surrounding view gets further; you see nothing more than a fancy far from a bird’s flight that gets closer or further?!
Capturing these photos goes back to the time of my 3-day trip to a village in the heart of the mountain called “Aghouzdarreh” which means “the valley of walnuts!” in the first days of Norouz of 84 that was silence and silence and fog and snow!

Village: Aghouzdarreh
Location: Mountains of HezarJarib, Alborz Mountain range, Iran
Distance from Galoogah: 40
Distance from Nowkandeh: 31
Households: 135
Population: 482
Non-residential population: 950

Abbas Hoseinnejad
Translated by: Mansoureh moddares