Qalisuyan rituals of Mashhad-e Ardehal

Qalisuyan rituals are annually practiced in the central Iranian city of Mashhad-e Ardehal to honor the memory of Soltan Ali, a holy figure among the residents of Kashan and other nearby cities. Inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the ritual takes place on the nearest Friday to the seventeenth day of the Iranian month of Mehr, according to the solar-agricultural calendar.