Jajim ( Pers. جاجیم ) [1] is a type of double-sided rug. Jajim is made by hand from thick fabric, similar to sackcloth, but finer than it, using thin multi-colored woolen or cotton threads, or weaving them. Jajim does not have a wrong side, so you can use it on both sides. For nomads, this rug is of great value, as it serves as a blanket and protection from the cold. Most villages and villages have a generally accepted method of weaving jajima, but the differences may lie in the choice of color palette, quality of threads and ornament.
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Geography
Jajimbayafi is one of the most popular crafts in many provinces of Iran , including East Azerbaijan , Ardabil [2] , Kermanshah , Kurdistan , Hamadan , Lurestan and Fars , in particular among rural and nomadic families. Jajim is used as a bedspread, as well as a device for packing and transporting things during the resettlement of the tribe. Sometimes it is used as warm outerwear. Even in rural areas, some of the families still adhere to the tradition of giving jajim as a wedding gift, and they also keep this rug as a valuable heirloom for many years.
The primary material for jajima is wool, and the fabric structure resembles a palace, with the difference that jajj is woven on four looms and then these parts are sewn together.
How to weave jajim
The creation of jajima begins after preparing the threads of the necessary colors and pulling them on. Often, the entire process of making a rug, especially stringing, is similar to the weaving process of creating a large Persian rug. Next, a machine is prepared with a length of 10-20 meters and is fixed at the base with four wooden pegs. After skeins of thread are strung around these wooden pegs. The approximate length of the formed rectangle is 10-15 meters, and the width is 7 meters, which is the final dimensions of the jajima strip.
The jajima pattern is formed as a result of the continuous movement of the beater and the change of colored threads. After pulling the threads, the workpiece is laid on the ground in a horizontal position and fixed on one side with two wooden or iron pegs. The ends of the warp threads are collected in one ball and are also fixed. Next, a relatively large wooden tripod is mounted on which the upper part of the workpiece is mounted, while its base remains on the ground and the weaving process begins.
As noted above, since the rural houses do not have large rooms suitable for the manufacture of jajim, the craftsmen take the weaving machine out to the street and call it “deploying the jajim”. Whenever people have free time, they unroll the base and the tripod without extra effort, and begin to weave the canvas [3] .
Notes
- ↑ لغت نامه دهخدا
- ↑ "صنایع دستی استان اردبیل". سازمان میراث فرهنگی ، صنایع دستی و گردشگری. Retrieved March 21, 2018 Archived March 5, 2016 by Wayback Machine (pers.)
- ↑ ایران. طبیعت. صنایع دستی
Literature
- کیانی ، منوچهر ، کوچ با عشق شقایق ، بررسی هنز در ایل قشقایی ، شیراز: انتشارات کیاننشر ، اسفند ۱۳۷۷ ، ص ۸۹.
- پرهام ، سیروس و سیاوش آزادی. دستبافتهای عشایری و روستایی فارس. تهران: انتشارات امیرکبیر ، مهر ۱۳۷۰. شابک ۹۷۸-۶۰۰-۵۶۱۳-۲۸-۵