Bakhtiari-2 (Bronowski)

The Bakhtiari bake bread in the biblical manner, in unleavened cakes on hot stones. The girls and the women wait to eat until the men have eaten.
The function of women is to produce men-children; too many she-children are a misfortune, they threaten disaster.Like the men, the lives of the women centre on the flock. They have only the simple technology that can be carried on daily journeys from place to place. They milk the herd, and they make yoghourt from the milk by churning it in a goatskin bag on a primitive wooden frame. The simplicity is not romantic; it’s a matter of survival.
When the women spin wool with their simple, ancient devices, it’s for immediate use, to make the repairs that are essential on the journey, and no more. The Bakhtiari life is too narrow to have time or skill for specialization. If they need metal pots, they barter them from settled people: a nail, a stirrup, a toy, or a child's bell is something that is got from outside the tribe.
There is no room for innovation, because there is not time, between evening and morning, to develop a new device, or a new thought, not even a new tune. The only habits that survive are the old habits.The only ambition of the son is to be like the father.It is a life without features. Every night is the end of a day like the last, and every morning will be the beginning of a journey like the day before.