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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.
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2019-12-09 19:14
Iranian crafts, souvenirs welcomed at Geneva charity fair
TEHRAN – Iranian handicrafts, souvenirs, and foodstuff were welcomed at the UN Bazaar 2019, an international charity fair which was held at the United Nations Office in Geneva on December 3.
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2019-11-25 19:19
Yazd festival to highlight better tourism infrastructure for the physically-impaired
TEHRAN – The city of Yazd will host a special tourism festival which aims to raise public awareness of the need to improve infrastructure for travelling of physically-impaired people.
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2019-11-24 20:39
Tribal rituals, arts and crafts on show at Kermanshah festival
TEHRAN – Tribespeople and nomads, who are natives of 21 Iranian provinces, on Saturday started showcasing and promoting their rituals, arts, crafts and souvenirs at a national festival in the western city of Kermanshah.
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2019-11-18 20:25
Festival showing nomadic rituals, crafts and arts
Tribespeople from every corner of Iran are showing their nomadic rituals, lifestyle, cuisine, crafts and arts in a four-day festival, which opened to the public in Gonbad-e Kavus, northern Golestan province, on November 17, 2019.
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2019-11-17 19:43
Sales of Gorgan tribal festival jump 70 percent yr/yr
TEHRAN – Sales of handicrafts, souvenirs and foodstuff in an annual nomadic festival in the city of Gorgan, northern Golestan province, rose 70 percent from a year earlier, a provincial tourism official has said.
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2019-11-13 19:33
Gorgan festival showing deliciousness of nomadic arts, crafts, dishes and rituals
TEHRAN – Clusters of Turkmen people, who are natives of Iran’s Golestan province, are doing their best in a four-day festival to well introduce and show nomadic arts, crafts, dishes, rituals and genuine hospitality they have preserved from generation to generation.
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2019-11-11 18:16
Foreign ambassadors, diplomats invited to tribes festival
TEHRAN – A number of foreign ambassadors, diplomats, as well as cultural and economic attaches have been invited to attend a regional nomadic festival, which opens today in Iran’s northern Golestan province.
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2019-11-09 19:24
Khorramabad festival featuring tribal lifestyle, crafts and arts
TEHRAN – Various lifestyle, rituals, crafts and arts of Iranian tribespeople and nomads are under spotlight in a five-day exhibition, which is underway in Khorramabad, the capital of western Lorestan province.
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2019-10-14 18:24
Khorramabad festival to feature tribal lifestyle, rituals, crafts and arts
TEHRAN – A major festival, intended to turn the spotlight on the lifestyle, rituals, crafts and arts of various tribes and nomadic people across Iran, is scheduled to be held in Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province, from October 30 to November 2.
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2019-09-02 19:52
Tourism festival to turn spotlight on Iran’s coastal provinces
TEHRAN – Chabahar will be hosting a major tourism festival in November. The ten-day event is intended to turn the spotlight on coastal provinces of Iran.
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2019-08-17 18:37
Love is Folly festival to screen movies from Iran
TEHRAN – “Yeva” and “Dayan” will be competing in the 27th Love is Folly International Film Festival, which will take place in Varna, Bulgaria from August 23 to September 1.
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2019-08-04 19:36
Yazd festival offering local Iranian dishes
TEHRAN – A wide variety of dishes, indigenous to many corners of Iran, are being offered to visitors under one roof in the city of Yazd, central Iran.
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2019-07-27 18:32
Festival of local games held in Javaher Dasht
A traditional festival of local games was held in the northern village of Javaher Dasht on July 25 and 26, 2019, highlighted by various outdoor games, competitions, and entertaining programs.
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2019-07-20 20:24
Scorching summertime: festival of ice-cream, cold drinks opens in Tehran
TEHRAN – A festival of ice-cream and cold drinks opened to the public on Thursday at the Eshraq Cultural Center, northeast Tehran.
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2019-07-15 21:48
Tea harvest festival brings travelers, nature lovers together
Farmers, clad in colorful traditional outfits, are seen during a tea harvest festival in Darbaq village, northern Iran, July 14, 2019.
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2019-07-09 21:11
Kebab festival to bring foodies, meat eaters together
TEHRAN – Tens of chefs will show off skills at a major kebab festival, which is scheduled to be held on August 15 and 16 in Golpayegan, a central Iranian city famous for its tasty kebabs.
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2019-07-02 20:16
Tirgan, a feast in honor of rain
Tirgan (also known as Jashn-e Tirgan) is a time-honored Iranian festival usually observed as a rain festival. Tiragan, along with Noruz, Yalda Night and Mehregan are amongst feasts widely celebrated in the ancient land.
