A pastime of the deprived which fetches money (PHOTOS)

Sports and embroidery are the only pastimes of people in a deprived village in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan.

The art of sewing local patterns onto cloth is not only the hobby of locals in rural areas in Sistan and Baluchistan, but is the skill through which deprived people in southeastern Iran eke out a living.

Photos of the daily lives of people in a village in southeastern Iran released online by Mehr News Agency:

Fatemeh Askarieh

Fatemeh Askarieh is an Iranian journalist working on a range of fields including culture, art, lifestyle, cultural heritage, and tourism. She has been working with the Iran Front Page (IFP) Media Group for 10 years, and is currently the head of the Art and Lifestyle Department.

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