Journal Entry 9
Because it is spring break, I did not have lessons with Mahshad, but I instead spent the break reviewing grammar concepts and memorizing vocabulary.
Cultural Post
Persians, as a people group, have one of the oldest relationships with time, with some of the earliest calendars originating in ancient Persian societies. Over time, this relationship with the calendar merged with Islamic conceptions of time. Days in Iran and other Persianate societies are heavily influenced and segmented by Islam, which mandates five prayers per day, and the azan (call to prayer), like in other Islamic societies, is used for timekeeping as well as religious purposes. Outside of these set times, Persian society is polychronic, and punctuality is not nearly as important as it is in more “western” societies like the United States, but time is still highly valued and important.
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