Reflection of Principles of Iranian Vernacular Music and Ritual Ceremonies in Designing Urban Spaces

Abstract: urban design is a multidisciplinary field, consisting of both science and art. the physicalaspect together with the non-physical aspects related to human – like meaning and function – along withthe presence of human beings, make a successful and dynamic place to be used by people in a good way.undoubtedly, culture as a response of a society to its requirements and a means to ensure the quality oflife, is one of the most important factors that can help designers in creating an appropriate plan.everyethnic group use specified rhythms, proportions and scale in its cultural products. as every ethnic group isaccustomed to a specific kindof music, in terms of psychological aspects, it will make a more comfortablerelationship with the rhythms in its own music style. if an urban designer extracts urban design principlesout of the rhythm in the music and ritual rhythmic frolic of a specified ethnic group, he or she couldapply them in the design process of urban spaces to create much more beloved spaces for the relatedethnic group. this article first studies iranian ethnic groups (kurds, lures (bakhtiaries), and turks arethree selected ethnic groups discussed in this article)1 music and traditional frolic via collecting data bothwith observation and descriptive methods, extracts the hidden regularizing principles. then analyze theregularizing principles. after that, through an in-depth interview of the target groups, elaborates theseprinciples and finally proposes an innovative framework for designing urban spaces of these mentionediranian ethnic groups. finally it is concluded that the potential of artistic indigenous values such as folkmusic and ritual rhythmic frolic would increase the quality of their urban design.