The Makhunik Village

You sure should have added Makhunik village to visiting sites that you should visit. You can find this ancient yet glorious village in the southern part of Khorasan and Sarbisheh city. It is known to be a very strange yet mysterious village. 

You should know that the village of Makhunik is very wonderful and all its natives are short in height and hence it is known as the land of dwarfs. But more interesting is the fact that the village has strange culture and its people have interesting beliefs. 

You will find this village located in the Makhunik region itself right close to the border of Afghanistan. 

Makhunik is very remote and has lesser influence from external factors such as it's the environment. 

You will be surprised to see the black stone as well as the stone paintings in Makhunik village. Do not be shocked to see the stone tower being built right on the upper floor of Makhunik

The tower that we are talking about is used mainly for observation purposes in order to inform all its natives in case there is an enemy attack. Let us read further to know more about the mysterious Makhunik village together. 

All About the Makhunik Village

Previously based on the gathered documents the name of this village has been Madakhnik as a combination of simple words such as mad and khanik in the Pahlavi language mad means month which was translated as city and hence looking at it generally it means Makhunik. 

The people that live in this region are mainly Afghans that have migrated from all over Iran to this village centuries ago and they still live here happily having a Persian local accent. 

The natives here are Sunni Muslims and are highly interested in preaching religious matters. As a result, they always prefer sending their children to religious schools and not public ones. 

You may be curious to know what the people of Makhunik actually eat. These people only eat twice a day which means they eat two meals only. It is a fact that even in some parts of Europe people do follow this regime and they eat only twice a day.

A few decades ago this habit was changed and they started getting familiar with wheat and hence added it to their diet. They normally eat beetroot as well as cooked turnips which they call pashtak.

They even grind the qorut along with the curd and water and enjoy eating it with bread. Other dishes that they eat are Qalor tarsh, Suzi, buttermilk, yoghurt water and last but not least garmas. Would you like to try their traditional dishes as well? 

Let us read a bit more about the culture and heritage of these people to know more.