Indigenous knowledge of Traditional fuel (Case study: Dohezar and Sehezar villages of the Tonekabon city)

Abstract

Fuel has been one the necessary and inseparable needs of human from the beginning of collective living and habitation. After fire discovery and relying on fire for providing breads human beings discovered and used various fuels over time and after experiencing and using their sciences and also creating different tools to apply fire. The residents of Dohezar and Sehezar rural districts, Khoramabad city, Tonekabon, Mazandaran were not exceptional too. The rural districts did not have accommodation because of their geographical and mountain locations; so they provided the necessary fuel by their experiences and natural facilities in living environment. In this study, we investigated and analyzed the used traditional and modern fuels and their effect on life style, social and economical relations through Malinowski functionalism theories and anthropological methods and principles including field research, intensive method , library studies and attending the mentioned districts for interviewing .The results indicated that providing and saving traditional fuels had institutionalized some customs and behaviors among the residents of Dohezar and Sehezar rural districts. Cooperation and companionship to provide the fuels were done based on unwritten rules.

Keywords

• fuel
• traditional fuels
• modern fuels
• dohezar rural district
• sehezar rural district