Hajji Firuz
hāji firuz persian حاجی فیروز khwāje piruz persian خواجه پیروز fictional character iranian folklore appears street beginning nowruz face covered soot clad bright red clothes felt hat dance street singing playing tambourine haji written eighth letter persoarabic alphabet حاجى meaning unrelated word hajji form address much like using sir address person english without person knight firuz arabized version persian word piruz meaning victor khaje piruz version term consists word khaje identified iranian title meaning master nonarabized piruz traditional song introduces serf trying cheer people refers lord exact history hajji firuz unknown according source hajji firuz based tradition called mir nowruzi mir nowruz comical figure chosen rule municipality last five day year panje temporary fiveday king šāh e panj ruze would often parade city group singer dancer nowruz celebration mehrdad bahar prominent persian historian opined figure hajji firuz may derived ceremony legend connected epic prince siavash turn derived associated mesopotamian deity agriculture flock tammuz sumerian dumuzi later claimed blackened face hajji firuz symbolizes returning world dead red clothing sign blood siavash coming life sacrificed deity joviality jubilation rebirth typical bring rejuvenation blessing along bahar speculates name siyāwaxš might mean black man darkfaced man suggests term black name may reference either blackening face participant aforementioned mesopotamian ceremony black mask wore festivity last decade increasing research challenging myth haji firuz origin instead looking connection indian ocean persian gulf slave trade reality well blackface practice scholar dr beeta baghoolizadeh parisa vaziri point view respective discipline history comparative literature connect haji firuz legacy tied indian ocean persian gulf slave trade well practice known siyahbazi literal persian black play blackface performance work collective black iranian also consistently produced harm haji firuz blackface performance call end blackface performance iranian community worldwide hājji firuz e sāli ye ruz e it’s hajji firuz it’s one day year hame midunan man midunam everyone know know well eyd e nowruz e sāli ye ruz e nowruz it’s one day year arbāb e xod sāmmule baleykom greeting lord arbāb e xod sar eto bālā kon raise head lord arbāb e xod lotfi mā kon favor lord arbāb e xod man nigā kon look lord arbāb e xod bozboz e qandi lord billy goat arbāb e xod čerā nemixandi don’t smile lord beškan beškan e beškan snapsnap snap man nemiškanam beškan wont snap snap injā beškanam yār gele dāre snap one complain unjā beškanam yār gele dāre snap one complain siāh e bičāre če qad howsele dāre patient poor black man amu nowruz – character iranian folklore balthazar magus – king arabia youngest three magi visited jesus depicted young black man sometimes impersonated white man blackface border morris – collection individual local dance herefordshire worcestershire shropshire knecht ruprecht – companion saint nicholas germanic folklore olentzero – character basque christmas tradition depicted sometimes dirty charcoal maker siuda baba – old polish folk custom celebrated easter monday tattamangalam kuthira vela – fullblack body paint festival kerala india zwarte piet – saint nicholas companion low country folklore richardson john wilkens charles ed vocabulary persian arabic english abridged london f c rivingson oclc ghanoonparvar mr persian mirror image west westerner contemporary iranian fiction university texas press lccn retrieved january ḥāji firuz article encyclopædia iranica persian nowruz iraj bashiri haji firuz traditional herald norouz