TEHRAN-- In the regions by the Caspian Sea, Chootashi, Lactashi or wood craving are a few of the original handicrafts.

The word consists of 2 parts, Cho and Tarash .

A Cho is a short type of Choob or wood, and a Tarash is a carving.Similar to wood sculpting, this art is frequently utilized to make tools and utensils that are utilized in daily life.

A numerous and diverse supply of wood in the jungle of Tabarestan, which is the old name for Mazandaran, has actually allowed wood challenge be made throughout history.Mazandarans Chootashi art has been used to create tools and utensils such as Kacheh, a wood spoon, Ketra, a wooden ladle, and Joleh, a container made with a wide opening and thin neck, utilized to keep milk and journal entries.

The Kelez is also a wooden utensil that is utilized to blend or as a measure cup rather of a ladle.Various cities in Mazandaran practice this art/craft, consisting of Noor, Chamestan, Amol, Babol, Savadkuh, Sari, Behshahr, Neka and others.

Tabarestans history is filled with stories about individuals practicing Chootash, or Chootashan.The historians report that people welcomed itinerant or non-itinerant Chootashans, coppersmiths, and tailors to make the items they preferred in their homes.

Up until the job was completed, they were dealt with warmly.

Events like this were held before wedding events in a more enjoyable manner.Chootash was among the tools utilized by Mazandaran folk in their prayers and promises.

To bring blessing and goodness to their lives, Chootashan provided their finest or very first items to their towns holy shrines.

After a prayer was answered, they donated a sculpted utensil to the shrine.The craft uses wood from trees such as Maple, Box, Beech, Oak, Walnut, European Ash, Elm, Plane, Ulmus Glabra, Parrotia and Zelkova.Sandwiched between the towering Alborz range of mountains and the Caspian Sea, Mazandaran has a rich yet rough history.

An early civilization flourished at the beginning of the first millennium BC in Mazandaran (Tabarestan).

Its insecure eastern and southeastern borders were crossed by Mongol intruders in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Cossacks assaulted the area in 1668 however were repulsed.

It was delivered to the Russian Empire by a treaty in 1723, however the Russians were never ever safe and secure in their profession.

The area was brought back to Iran under the Qajar dynasty.The northern area of the area consists of lowland together with the Caspian and upland along the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains.

Marshy backlands dominate the seaside plain, and comprehensive gravel fans fringe the mountains.

The environment is completely subtropical and damp, with extremely hot summers.ABU/