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 TEHRAN - An exhibition displaying 100 teahouse paintings by 15 veterans will open today at Tehran’s Imam Ali (AS) Religious Arts Museum.The exhibit is arranged to review and study teahouse paintings, secretary of the program Delavar Bozorgnia said on Monday. Several workshops teaching teahouse painting by experts Mohammadreza Hamidi and Mohammad Farahani have also been arranged during the month-long program, he added. The major theme of this art is religion and it focuses on the events of Karbala (the martyrdom of Imam Hussein {AS} and his companions). The epics of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh are also of great importance in this genre of painting. Morshed Valiollah Torabi is expected to perform naqqali during the program. Naqqali is a kind of Iranian dramatic performance, in which a skilled performer called naqqal ‘storyteller’ tells a story or recites epic poems particularly from the Shahnameh, Ferdowsi’s masterpiece. Morshed Mohsen Mirza-Ali will also perform pardeh-khani which is a form of naqqali mostly dedicated to tragic stories of Muslim leaders, especially the Imams of the Shia. The collection contains works by veterans including Mohammad Modabber, Abbas Bolukifar, Hossein Hamedani, Ahmad Khalili, Hossein Qollar-Aqasi, and Mohammad Farahani. Photo: A poster of a teahouse painting exhibition that will open at Tehran’s Imam Ali (AS) Religious Arts Museum today.   Socialize this Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay in touch and receive all of TT updates right in your feed reader
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