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Rosewater Festival
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Rosewater festival
begins in Niasar, Kashan province.
The festival aims
to give an insight
into KashanŐs rose and rosewater industry
to investors and bring prosperity for
the cityŐs tourism industry. Kashan is globally famous
for its quality
rosewater which
is extracted from
the sweet-scented Mohammadi Rose.
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Sculpture Event Underway
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A sample of NadalianŐs artwork
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Iranian sculptor Ahmad Nadalian is holding an exhibition of his artworks at Tehran’s Mehr Gallery after a lapse of seven years.
Speaking to ISNA, the artist said that he is also holding a workshop titled ’We Want to Survive’, inspired by children’s drawings, at the event.
Nadalian, who has developed a style of his own, features carvings on broken stones since he believes that stones, as parts of the nature, are alive.
Commenting on the theme of his works, he said, “I have always focused on children in my works since the child and particularly the fetus are symbols of life.“
Children portray life in the simplest way and through abstract forms which do not normally correspond with what we see in our surroundings. However, their simple sketches remind us of those of the primitive men and our early life, he added.
The artist noted that many of his sculptures have been inspired by simple lines used in children’s drawings, particularly those of his son.
Nadalian said that human beings can do miracles by employing the arts just like the magic creatures of the centuries gone by.
The event will run until May 27.
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Mollaqolipour’s Unfinished Projects Will Resume
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The late Rasoul Mollaqolipour
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The films ’Six Angles of Empyrean’ and ’Afternoon of the 10th Day’ are two unfinished projects by the late filmmaker Rasoul Mollaqolipour, which will be completed by directors Mojtaba Raei and Reza Mirkarimi.
Announcing this, Manouchehr Mohammadi, producer of the two projects, told FNA that the script for ’Afternoon of the 10th Day’ is ready and has been submitted to Farabi Cinema Foundation for final evaluation.
“I wonder how after three weeks since its submission, Farabi officials have not yet responded,“ he said. The producer noted that the project is time-bound and wished that officials would make prompt decisions in this respect. Commenting on the other project, he said, “The late Mollaqolipour wrote the script for ’Six Angles of Empyrean’ and then we traveled to Iraq to begin shooting. However, he could not continue due to a stroke which lead to his death in 2007.“
He added that Mirkarimi will complete the project which deals with the process of making decorative metallic encasement, or ’Zarih’, for the shrine of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Imam of the infallible household of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), in Karbala, Iraq.
Mohammadi further said that the shooting will resume in late May.
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Imam Ali (AS):
Blessings are for the man who humbles himself before Allah, whose sources of income are honest, whose intentions are always honorable, whose character is noble and whose habits are sober.
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German City to Name Square After Ferdowsi
Germany is scheduled to rename the main square of its southern city of Friedrichshafen after the renowned Iranian epic poet Hakim Abolqasem Ferdowsi.
A statue of the poet will be unveiled in the square during Ferdowsi Cultural Week which will be jointly organized this autumn by the Iranian Embassy and Friedrichshafen Municipality, Presstv reported.
Researchers and members of Iran’s Ferdowsi Foundation participating in the cultural event will deliver lectures about the poet and his epic ’Shahnameh’ (Book of the King).
Calligraphy Exhibition Planned
Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Arts is to hold an exhibition of calligraphy works by the country’s maestros.
The event will be held this summer in honor of the two renowned calligraphy masters, Hassan and Hossein Amirkhani, IRNA reported.
The exhibition will showcase calligraphy style ’Nastaliq’ by veteran and contemporary Iranian artists.
The competition section of the event will also display some 40 pieces.
Shahnameh Manuscripts At Malek Museum
A collection of manuscripts and lithography copies of the renowned Iranian poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi’s epic ’Shahnameh’ (Book of the King) are on display at Tehran’s Malek Museum.
The exhibit opened on Wednesday to commemorate the great poet, said Public Relations Department of Libraries, Museums Organization and Documents Center of Astan-e Qods Razavi Foundation said in a fax to Iran Daily.
A precious version of Shahnameh titled ’Image of Heroes in Shahnameh’, featuring illustrations by noted miniaturist Mahmoud Farshchian, is also on display at the event.
Malek Museum is affiliated to Astan-e Qods Razavi Foundation, the custodian of the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Imam of the infallible household of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province.
Kamkars to Undertake Australia Tour
Head of Kamkars band said they will stage a series of concerts in a number of Australian cities from July 22-31. Speaking to FNA, Houshang Kamkar said, “The band will present earlier pieces as well as a number of new compositions in Persian and Kurdish during the ten-day event.“
He added that some of the group members, including Shervin Mohajer and Ardavan Kamkar, a virtuoso on traditional Iranian musical instrument ’Santour’, are to give solo presentations at the event.
The band also plans concerts in Shiraz, Fars province in late August.
Croatia Hosts Iran Cultural Week
Iranian Cultural Week is currently underway in Osijek, Croatia.
According to MNA, the event, sponsored by Iran’s Culture Center in Zagreb, will run until Saturday.
A session on Iranology titled ’The Persian Gem’ is included in the program to introduce Iran’s tourist attractions to Croatian citizens.
A meeting on ’Mystical Thought in the Persian Literature’ will be held at Osijek city library on Friday.
Tales from Masnavi, a masterpiece by renowned Iranian mystic and poet Molana Jalaleddin Rumi will be also recited on Saturday. Screening of Iranian films, including ’Mom’s Guest’, directed by Darioush Mehrjouei and ’Night Bus’ by Kiumars Pourahmad, are also on the agenda.
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