Saturday, November 5, 2011

Doing the Mashed Potato in Tehran

Back in the 1960s, Tehran was a cool place and people dressed and looked awesome and were hip young cool people.  Then the Revolution happened and women had to wear burqas and stuff, blah blah blah, go read Wikipedia.

Point is, check out this amazing dance party from 1965 in Tehran;


9 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the barefoot girls.

Anonymous said...

this is actually frightening as hell... what a change in a society...

Anonymous said...

I've seen some pretty great photos of Afghanistan in the fifties. Good thing we got in there and sorted that whole area out!

Joe Mullah said...

This could be the "before" picture in a campaign about the effects of Islam...

Anonymous said...

rock and roll forever.

Anonymous said...

yea! finally my people aren't in a picture and being compared to terrorists and murderers.

Neal said...

This is the Iran my Persian friends' parents talk about.

Tyler said...

When I was your age the only reason to dance in Tehran was because somebody was shooting at your feet.

Jules said...

Oh, c'mon, people in Tehran still party like that but only behind closed doors. And when they do they don't wear their veils and headscarfs and all that.
Yeah, there are laws forbidding alcohol and partys and stuff but that doesn't mean people just don't celebrate any more. I've also seen young couples holding hands in the streets there although it's not allowed.
Just a matter of perspective.
(Oh, and btw: During the time this pic was taken Iran was no democracy either. Not saying the Mullahs are better than the Shah but it wasn't the Golden Age either. Being able to party is ONE indicator of a society's freedom, but not the only one.)