Picnicking is a popular past time in Iran on Friday, the Islamic day of rest. Once a year several of my fellow high school teachers in Kangavar, Iran, would select some of their best students and reward them with a picnic. Picnics were in the woods along a stream just outside of town, as pictured here in May 1969. While the entire region was quite arid, it was green along the few streams that flowed near town. May 1969