One Ornament at A Time — persian

The shape of buta and the word buta is of Persian origin. The textile designs cramming many of them into a rich pattern are originally Indian. The ornament of buta was so popular with the British that they borrowed it from India and reproduced in their textiles. Since then, it has been known in the West as the Paisley pattern, the name of a Scottish town, famous for these fabrics.
Buta is a fascinating example of how a simple design can be interpreted in a variety of ways by different cultures. Azerbaijani buta symbolizes fire which belongs to the Zoroastrian and Fire-Worship Age. If burn a shrub, each branch burns separately, as a candle and a tongue of flame rises from it; this resembles buta. 
Persians believe buta is a Zoroastrian symbol of life and eternity. The "bent" cedar resembles buta and therefore, it is also a sign of strength and resistance but modesty.