South khorasan Makhunik village

South khorasan Makhunik village

One of these villages can be seen in South Khorasan and Sarbisheh city is Makhunik village. A mysterious and strange place, with more strange people who have special and unique beliefs and traditions. This village is called Makhonik and is known as the land of Lee Lee Putha and the city of dwarves.

To see this Makhunik village, you have to travel a long way and go near the Afghan border. Among the sights of this village, we can mention black stone or lithograph, tower and castle building, Gol Anjir (fig flower) tower, wandering house and Nader Mordeh. A stone tower is built on the upper floors of the village; So that it surrounds the village. This tower was used as a watchtower to inform all the villagers in case of a possible enemy attack.

Makhunik people

Makhonik people are Afghans who immigrated to Iran several centuries ago and speak Persian with a local accent. These Sunni people and followers of Abu Hanifa Nu'man ibn Thabit are among the four Sunni Imams and are very interested in teaching religious issues. There is an institute of Quranic sciences in this village and it is central among the villages of the region. The surrounding villagers, all of whom are Makhoniks, also prefer to send their children to religious schools instead of public schools. Migration and going to the city among the Makhonik villagers is considered as the exclusion of society and their displacement is also limited to the Kalats of the Makhonik region. They refused to leave the village, even in spite of their poverty and problems. Although, they went elsewhere for temporary and seasonal work, there were very few in number. In Makhonic beliefs, looting and plundering the property of others makes no sense, and there are peaceful people who did not even hunt. Many customs, from judging to farming and from how inheritance is divided to games, all date back to the distant past, and most of them remain intact. The agricultural lands of Makhonik village were small and miniature, and they respected justice and partnership very much; In such a way that even one apricot seed is divided into several equal parts. Sometimes a family's share of a jujube tree is only four jujube seeds a year.

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Until 80 years ago, they did not know wheat and did not eat wheat bread. It is interesting to know that these people did not do ordinary things until 50 years ago. For example, they did not drink tea, did not eat meat, did not smoke, and considered such acts to be sinful. More interestingly, they did not have a TV and called it the devil and never allowed their children to watch TV so as not to be bewitched. They were also familiar with quarantine, and if a person became ill, he was taken to a cave-like hole in the mountain and treated. With this type of treatment, the people of Makhonik village sought to prevent the disease from spreading to other family members. Kinship is effective in the context of the village and according to the social laws of the village, in addition to owning their own house, each person also owns the area in front of his house and no one has the right to build a house in front of his house except his family and close relatives.

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