Art and cultural festival promoting Persian Gulf established

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

TEHRAN -- Iran has established an artistic and cultural festival to promote the Persian Gulf.

The southern Iranian seaport of Bandar Abbas will playing host to the first edition of the Persian Gulf International Artistic and Cultural Festival, which will begin on April 30, which is Iran’s National Persian Gulf Day.

“It is our duty to protect the cultural and historical identity of the Persian Gulf and due to the interest of Iranian artists and literati in this issue, the festival was established, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini said during a press conference in Tehran on Monday.

The festival will be held in the fields of the visual arts, music, photography and literature.

The organizers of the festival are scheduled to launch a digital library, which will be offering books focusing on Persian Gulf issues.

A selection works submitted to the festivals and exhibits held on the Persian Gulf over the past few years will also be showcased on the sidelines of the event.

Hosseini said that artists from Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, France and Switzerland have been invited to the festival.

Source: Tehran Times.
Link: http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=239010.