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1Kotatsu or Korsy?Kotatsu sa Korsy?
2Is This Heating Method Japanese or Iranian?Japoney sa Iraniana izao fomba fanafanana tena izao?
3Japanese women lounge in their kotatsus.Vehivavy Japoney ao amin'ny Kotatsu-n'ny efitra fandraisambahininy.
4Image from Bored Panda's Twitter account.Sary avy amin'ny kaonty Twitter Panda Leo.
5‘Japanese or Iranian?' asks Golnoush Niknejad, an Iranian-American journalist after reading a Bored Panda article on an “awesome Japanese invention” called the kotatsu.‘Japoney sa Iraniana?' hoy ny fanontanian'i Golnoush Niknejad, Iraniana-Amerikanina mpanao gazety taorian'ny namakiana ny lahatsoratr'i Bored Panda [Panda Leo] tamin'ity “zava-noforonina Japoney mahafinaritra ity” izay antsoina hoe kotatsu.
6Japanese or Iranian? https://t.co/X7nP0Q8G5D - Golnoush (@TehranBureau) October 28, 2015Japanese or Iranian? https://t.co/X7nP0Q8G5D - Golnoush (@TehranBureau) October 28, 2015
7While this Japanese winter warming technique of a heater under a blanketed table seems like a novel invention to outsiders, it's a familiar and traditional technique for Iranians.Raha heverina ho toy ny zava-baovao noforonina aza ity teknika fanafanana ambany latabatra norakofana bodofotsy ity ho an'ny hafa, dia teknika mahazatra sy nentin-drazana kosa izany ho an'ny Iraniana.
8Traditional coal burning Korsi used in Iran at the beginning of the 20th century.Fandrehefana Korsi afon-tsaribao nentin-drazana ao Iran tany amin'ny fanombohan'ny taonjato faharoapolo.
9Image from Wikipedia, CC0 1.0.Sary avy amin'ny Wikipedia, CC0 1.0.
10Instead of kotatsu, Iranians call it a korsy, and it's a central piece in the traditional winter solstice rituals known as Shab-e Yalda.Tsy amin'ny anarana kotatsu no iantsoan'ny Iraniana azy fa korsy, ary manana anjara fototra amin'ny fombafomban'ny miraalin'ny ririnina fantatra amin'ny anarana hoe Shab-e Yalda.
11It's not clear who invented it first, but a quick search of the Iranian version gives you results back to the beginning of the 20th century.Tsy mazava ny hoe iza no namorona azy voalohany fa ny fikarohana haingana amin'ny endriny Iraniana no manome ny valiny hatrany amin'ny fiandohan'ny taonjato faharoapolo.
12Most Iranians maintain oral knowledge of the tradition passed through generations, associating it with the Qajar Iranian dynasty of the 18th century.Mary amin'ny Iraniana no mitazona fahalalana ara-lovantsofina, mampiaraka azy amin'ny tarana-panjakana Iraniana Qajar tamin'ny taonjato faha-18.
13The Wikipedia entry for the kotatsu, however, dates the invention to the 14th century. The Global Voices Japan Editor, Nevin Thomson explains:Ny iditra Wikipedia amin'ny kotatsu, kosa anefa mametraka ny famoronana ho any amin'ny taonjato faha-14.
14It's hard to say when and how the kotatsu first developed in Japan, but it almost certainly dates back to the practice of having a charcoal fire in a sunken hearth (an irori) that would be used for cooking.
15Japanese homes did not have chimneys so the charcoal smoke was released directly into the thatch, and would have provided waterproofing over time.
16Obviously an irori would not have provided too much heat (Japan in winter is actually pretty cold) so people would have to bundle up wearing clothes made of hemp (or later on, after contact, cotton).
17After World War II when people finally became more affluent the kotatsu blanket would have been adopted. Regardless of who came up with it first, it seems both Japan and Iran find common ground in cozy winter techniques.Raha tsy jerena izay nahatontosa azy voalohany, dia hita taratra fa manana tekinika mitovy fototra i Japana sy i Iran rehefa amin'ny fampahazoana aina mandritra ny ririnina.