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2019-04-30 20:47
Rosewater festivals attract holidaymakers from home and abroad
TEHRAN – Every year, by late April, thousands of holidaymakers start to visit Kashan or its neighboring villages, where many local rosewater festivals take center stage in the central Iranian region.
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2019-03-18 22:17
Chaharshanbeh-Suri: A reddish salute to new Iranian year
As every last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year comes, millions of Iranians make bonfires at sunset to jump over the fire till midnight to observe Chaharshanbe-Suri, just days before Noruz, the New Year holidays.
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2019-03-13 21:33
Travel in Iran seen to grow by 20% over Noruz holidays: tourism chief
TEHRAN – Iran tourism chief has estimated that domestic trips would grow by 20 percent over the New Year holidays (Noruz, staring March 21) from a year earlier, Mehr reported.
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2019-01-28 21:05
Iranian festival to highlight Zilou weaving art
TEHRAN – Iran’s historical city of Meybod plans to hold a festival on February 16 with the goal of highlighting traditional floor covering Zilou.
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2019-01-19 18:44
Iranian stuntmen seek domestic film festivals’ recognition
TEHRAN – Iranian stuntmen came together in a meeting in Tehran on Friday evening to ask the organizers of Iranian film festivals and events to recognize them as a group active in the film industry.
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2019-01-14 22:41
Ardebil hosting national festival of tribes
TEHRAN – A national festival of tribes is currently underway in the city of Sareyn, northwestern province of Ardebil.
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2019-01-01 19:04
Czech, Slovakian festival of Iranian films unveils lineup
TEHRAN – The Iranian Film Festival, which will be held in Czech and Slovakia, has unveiled its official lineup.
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2018-12-17 21:01
Tehran festival to mark Yalda, Christmas bonds
TEHRAN – Yalda - the longest night of the year - and Christmas, as deeply-rooted-in-time celebrations, share common, cultural or historical links, which are set to be highlighted during a festival on December 20.
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2018-12-03 22:47
Pomegranate festival kicks off in Tehran
TEHRAN – Yesterday, a major pomegranate festival, featuring various traditions from across the country, opened to the public at the Eshraq Cultural Center, northeast Tehran.
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2018-11-22 08:46
Mashhad to host intl. gastronomy festival
TEHRAN – Mashhad will host an international culinary festival from November 28 to 30.
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2018-11-12 22:58
Tehran to host pomegranate festival
TEHRAN – Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural-Historical Complex will be hosting a pomegranate festival dedicated to western Iranian farmers and producers.
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2018-11-06 07:51
Golestan province preparing for tribes festival
TEHRAN – Iran’s northern Golestan province, which is home to various ethnic communities, is preparing to hold the 12th International Festival of Tribes Culture on the theme of “unity between tribespeople”.
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2018-10-22 21:21
Bileh Savar to host two-hump camel festival
TEHRAN – Iran’s northwestern city of Bileh Savar will host a festival of two-hump camels to promote tourism and nomadic cultural heritage, CHTN reported.
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2018-10-22 19:51
Pomegranate festival marks harvest season in Uraman
Local children and young adults, clad in colorful traditional clothes, carry baskets of pomegranates during a local festival in Uraman, western Kordestan province, October 20, 2018.
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2018-10-19 18:48
Spouses of envoys attend gastronomy, crafts festival in Tehran
A group of spouses of foreign-diplomats in Tehran participated in a gastronomy and handicrafts festival, which was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 18, 2018.
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2018-10-08 19:25
Tuyserkan holding walnut, woodcarving festivals
TEHRAN - Tuyserkan, nicknamed Iran’s city of walnut, is playing host to walnut festival as its farmers are celebrating an end of the walnut-picking season.
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2018-09-08 10:02
Gilan hosts national mat weaving festival
Iranian craftswomen weave traditional baskets during a national mat weaving festival in Fashtakeh village, northern Gilan province, on September 6, 2018.
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2018-08-27 23:44
Tabriz to host gastronomy festival
TEHRAN – The Iranian city of Tabriz, which holds the title of 2018 Islamic Tourism Capital, will play host to a gastronomy festival from August 29 to 31.
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2018-08-05 08:40
Northern Iranian troupe performs dance at Milad Tower
Natives of Mazandaran province wave sticks while performing a traditional dance at the foot of Tehran’s Milad Tower, August 3, 2018.
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2018-07-26 09:50
Arg-e Rayen to host gastronomy, handicrafts festival
TEHRAN – A festival on traditional dishes and handicrafts opens today at Arg-e Rayen, a historical adobe citadel in the southeastern province of Kerman.
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2018-07-22 09:09
Blackberry festival held to promote rural tourism in Tehran
TEHRAN – A vast blackberry festival featuring variety of related dishes, workshops and handicrafts was held in Sulqan rural district on Thursday and Friday in a bid to encourage tourism across villages of in northwest Tehran.
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2018-07-01 09:30
Semnan to host culinary festival
TEHRAN – The city of Semnan in northcentral Iran will hold a gastronomy festival and contest from July 4 to 15.
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2018-07-01 09:29
Provinces to hold cultural nights at Milad Tower
TEHRAN – Clusters of tourism associates, artists and artisans from all over the country will hold separate cultural nights at Tehran’s Milad Tower.
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2018-05-12 18:44
Intl. fishing, cultural festival held in western Iran
TEHRAN – The western Iranian city of Marivan, Kordestan province, played host to an international fishing and cultural festival on May 11.
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2018-05-08 19:20
TMCA to hold festival of architecture films
TEHRAN – The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) plans to organize a festival of architecture films in 13 cities across the country.
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2018-05-07 21:13
National festival to highlight beauty of Turkmen Horse
TEHRAN – A national festival featuring beauty of Turkmen horse will be held on Wednesday at pastures lands near Kalaleh, northern province of Golestan.
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2018-05-03 08:39
Rosewater festivals draw visitors to central Iran
TEHRAN – At this time each year, many rosewater distillation ceremonies are being commenced in central Iran, drawing thousands of visitors to Kashan and nearby cities and villages.
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2018-03-13 10:39
Chaharshanbeh-Suri: Iran’s festival of fire
TEHRAN – This evening, millions of Iranians will make bonfires at sunset and jump over the fire till midnight to observe Chaharshanbe-Suri, a week before Noruz, the New Year holidays.
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2018-01-09 10:32
Sistan-Baluchestan to host mat-weaving festival
TEHRAN – Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province will host a national mat-weaving festival on January 29.
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2017-11-24 18:59
Tehran to host festival of Franco-Iranian female filmmakers
TEHRAN – A festival of French and Iranian female filmmakers will be held at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran.
