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2022-07-23 19:06
Festival to put western provinces on culture lovers’ map
TEHRAN – Tehran’s Milad Tower is set to host a festival dedicated to attractions of western Iranian provinces, believed to be quite unknown for many culture lovers.
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2022-07-15 19:07
Summer festival of Iranian tribes opens in Shiraz
TEHRAN – On Thursday, a festival of Iranian tribes, featuring live performances, nomadic rituals, and souvenirs, opened its doors to the public in Shiraz, southern Iran.
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2022-07-13 19:16
Festival of Iranian tribes to open in Fars province
TEHRAN – Tribespeople from nine Iranian provinces have been invited to take part in a ten-day festival in Fars province, southern Iran.
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2022-07-11 21:00
Gorgak to host festival dedicated to medicinal herbs, aromatic vegetables
TEHRAN –A festival dedicated to medicinal herbs and aromatic vegetables is scheduled to be held in Gorgak village, Zarand county of Kerman province on Friday, Zarand’s tourism chief has said.
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2022-05-20 17:51
Soltanieh holds festival of medicinal herbs, traditional beverages
TEHRAN – On Thursday, a special festival devoted to medicinal herbs and traditional beverages brought together hundreds of natives and travelers in the ancient city of Soltanieh, which is home to a UNESCO-registered monument of the same name.
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2022-05-17 20:49
Festival marks customary headscarf of Achaemenid Iran
TEHRAN – On Monday, the National Museum of Iran held a special festival to mark an ancient customary headscarf, which was popular during the Achaemenid era (c. 550 – 330 BC).
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2022-03-15 17:54
Young talented soldiers honored
The 14th festival of the Iranian Armed Forces was held in Tehran on Monday to honor young talented soldiers.
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2022-03-09 16:51
Yazdi poet awarded at the Fajr Festival
Alieh Mehrabi was the winner of the adult-classical poetry category of the Fajr International Poetry Festival.
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2022-03-05 20:30
Iranian goldsmiths to show off skills at Bukhara festival
TEHRAN – Several Iranian goldsmiths and experts of personal ornamentations will be taking part in an international festival of gold embroidery and jewelry, which will be held in Bukhara, Uzbekistan from May 21 to 25.
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2022-01-31 20:30
Zoroastrians celebrate ancient mid-winter festival
TEHRAN – Clusters of Zoroastrians on Sunday celebrated their mid-winter festival that is passed down from generation to generation for millennia.
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2022-01-18 18:55
Harvest festivals aimed to underpin tourism in Iranian province
TEHRAN – Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad considers holding various harvest festivals to develop agritourism across the southwestern Iranian province.
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2021-12-08 21:30
Nature lovers to mark daffodils in Semnan festival
TEHRAN – An open-air festival will bring together tens of nature lovers on Friday to mark daffodils, which symbolizes the eye in Iranian culture.
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2021-11-29 18:12
Cinéma Vérité to review seven hits from world’s documentary cinema
TEHRAN – Seven hits from the world’s documentary cinema will be reviewed during the Cinéma Vérité festival in the Special Screenings category.
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2021-11-07 21:31
Festival admires ‘beauty’ of Turkmen horses
TEHRAN - A national festival dedicated to the “beauty” of Turkmen horse breed has recently been held at pastures lands of Kalaleh in the northern Golestan province.
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2021-11-07 18:36
“Hope Puppet” born to heal wounds of coronavirus in Iran
TEHRAN – Iran has launched a puppet making festival to bring back hope to the people who have been afflicted physically or mentally amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-10-11 17:20
Zoroastrian Towers of Silence: abandoned, enigmatic but touristic
TEHRAN - The enigmatic Zoroastrian Towers of Silence are set on two lonely, barren hilltops on the southern outskirts of Yazd in central Iran.
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2021-07-12 20:32
Festival brings Iranian sweets, desserts under one roof
TEHRAN - Hundreds of Iranian sweets, cakes, and desserts were brought under the same roof in a one-day festival, which was held in Tabriz on Sunday.
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2021-05-23 18:51
Annual rosewater festival held in Saruq
TEHRAN - On Friday, a rosewater distillation festival kicked off in the ancient town of Saruq, which lies in the heart of the Iranian plateau.
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2021-03-17 20:02
By Afshin Majlesi
How Iranians celebrate new year in COVID times
It is for the second consecutive year that the novel coronavirus keeps families apart on eve of the Iranian New Year.
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2021-03-07 15:54
Photo: Bahman Vakhshour
13th Hazrat Ali Akbar Soldier Young Festival
The 13th Hazrat Ali Akbar Soldier Young Festival was held on Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Tehran in the presence of Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatami, in which some soldiers were honored.
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2021-02-21 19:05
Hafez Studies Center launches story writing festival
TEHRAN – The Hafez Studies Center in Shiraz has organized a festival of story writing with the central theme of the great Persian poet Hafez.
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2021-02-14 11:49
Photo: Bahman Vakhshour
Press conference of the 6th National Toy Festival
The press conference of the 6th National Toy Festival was held on the morning of Sunday, February 14, 2021, in the presence of Mohsen Hamouleh, the festival secretary, and Mohammad Reza Karimi Saremi, the president.
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2021-01-30 20:00
Chinese envoy hails Iranian tribes festival
TEHRAN – The Chinese ambassador to Iran has hailed an Iranian tribes festival, which is currently underway online, as one of the important events capable of strengthening friendship between the two nations.
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2020-09-02 18:36
Kish Island to host Iranian folk music festival in November
TEHRAN – Kish Island in the Persian Gulf will be hosting the third music festival, highlighting Iranian regional and folk music in November.
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2020-08-14 21:52
Persian cuisine: Khoresh-e Ghormeh Sabzi (Persian herb, bean and lamb stew)
TEHRAN – Khoresh-e Ghormeh Sabzi is known as one of the most prominent dishes in Persian culinary heritage. The herb stew is loaded with the flavors of several different green herbs and it’s traditionally served atop white rice.
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2020-07-01 18:21
Art Bureau to honor stage adaptations of classical Persian literature
TEHRAN – The Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO) has launched a festival that will honor stage adaptations of classical Persian literature.
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2020-02-03 17:58
Picks of top Iranian handicrafts on show at Fajr festival
TEHRAN – A select of top Iranian handicrafts are being showcased at the 4th Fajr national handicrafts festival, which officially opened to the public on Sunday at the National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran.
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2020-02-01 20:28
Pir-e Shaliar: ancient Iranian festival celebrating abundance, good fortune
TEHRAN - Pir-e Shaliar is an ancient annual ceremony, celebrating abundance and good fortune since centuries ago in Uraman Takht rural district, Kordestan province, western Iran.
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2020-01-31 18:11
Ancient festival of mid-winter observed by Zoroastrians across Iran
TEHRAN – A host of Iranian Zoroastrians come together in Taft county, central Yazd province, to observe Jashn-e Sadeh, a time-honored religious festival of mid-winter on January 30, 2020.
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2020-01-24 19:16
Iranian winter festival highlights “Chinese New Year”
TEHRAN – A winter tourism festival opened in the Iranian city of Hamedan on Friday, concurrent with the start of the Chinese New Year, which has been selected as one of the main themes for the event.
