JAHANGEER ASHRAFI
Born in 1957, in Behshar, a city located in Northern Iran, Jahangeer Ashrafi is a scholar of Iranian Folklore and Ethnology. He has organized many festivals, including the "Kooch" fesitval in 2002, which showcased the tribal music and musicians of Iran. He has also published various books, including The History of Performance in Iran, in ten volumes, as well as the Dictionary of Mazandarani, a regional dialect, in five volumes. His most recent contribution is Ghoghnoos, a project documenting musical recordings of Ta'zieh, a form of indigenous music and religious drama associated with Iranian mourning rituals.