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The city of Zanjan during its ritual is out of its usual state and becomes a stage of a huge and wide play, a play performed by the residents of the city in which the actor and the viewer of the play form a single entity. The questionnaire is structured and after confirming its validity (with a survey of experts) and its reliability according to the quality of cooperation, the statistical population was provided to 170 tourists. In order to develop religious tourism, the index of cultural-religious contexts is very important and special emphasis should be placed on this factor. Because the city of Zanjan has the cultural-religious potential to become a center of ritual and religious tourism. Also, according to the path analysis test, the impact of the index of "cultural-religious contexts" with a value of 0.422 and "social contexts" with a total effect of 0.361 on the development of religious tourism, was more than other indicators. Because, according to the statistical community, the growth of religious beliefs among the people and its acceptance and institutionalization as a superior ideology by society, has led to the formation and development of religious rites.

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Increase of age of marriage is a problem and damage that, if not monitored, will cause depression, decrease in life expectancy and productive activity in the country. The purpose of this research is to investigate the most important factors affecting the delay of marriage age in Nowshahr city. The research is applied and descriptive-analytical. Library and field methods (questionnaire) have been used to collect information. The statistical population of the research is the households of Nowshahr city, according to Cochran's formula, the sample number of 384 people was questioned through simple random sampling. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed with the help of ten professors in the cultural field of the city and the final questionnaire was prepared. The reliability level of the research questionnaire was obtained using Cronbach's alpha method of 0.74. Descriptive and inferential statistics (exploratory factor analysis test) were used for data analysis. The findings of the research show that the result of the reduction of 29 variables was 3 factors, which are economic, social and cultural factors. As a result, the more the economic and material conditions of young people are prepared as the basic foundations for marriage, the more their desire to form a joint life increases.