Festival:

International Storytelling Festival

Iran

Where:
Tehran, Iran
Dates:
16th to 20th of February (in 2016)
Organization:
Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults (KANOON)
Periodicidad:
Annual
Audience:
All
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Languages:
Arabic
Web:
http://www.kanoonintl.com/
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The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults (KANOON) in the direction of reviving the national and traditional programs has several plans which one of the most important one of them is the Storytelling Festival.

In more than 44 years that Kanoon has been established, storytelling has always been one of the programs practiced in all kanoon's centers all over the country. Considering storytelling's important role in transferring the national and traditional culture of the country to next generation, kanoon has become determined to revive this valuable and effective activity in the country. For this reason, it turned storytelling to a festival by a lot of different competitions.

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February 1, 2016

Leading world storytellers to attend festival in Tehran
Tehran Times Culture Desk

TEHRAN – 11 foreign storytellers will be attending the 18th edition of the International Storytelling Festival opening in Tehran on February 16.

The festival has been organized by the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) and will be running for four days, secretary of the festival Mojtaba Daneshvar said in a press release on Sunday.

The storytellers are coming from Scotland, Germany, India, Lebanon, Malaysia, Denmark, Spain, the United States and several other countries.

Plans are for author and storyteller Beatriz Montero from Spain to hold a workshop for teachers of the institute during the festival, Daneshvar said.

In addition, Marion Kenny, a charismatic live performer from Scotland, is scheduled to teach storytelling to interested applicants in her workshop.

The storytellers will narrate their tales along with playing their own specific musical instruments at the festival.

 

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