Zoorkhane - Power-House
Isfahan, Iran
June 22^nd, 10 p.m.
Theater im Marienbad

They lift heavy iron chains and swing clubs of 30 kilos. The Morshed, the drummer, gives the changing rhythms of the movements. While he is singing religious verses and mystic stories, the athletes spin around. „The sport of heroes", as Varzeshe Pahlavani can be translated, is one of the oldest sports involving strength in the Muslim world. As they have been doing for centuries men in Iran still practice in the „Zoorkhane“, the "Power House".