ECO to celebrate Noruz at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris

TEHRAN,March 15(MNA) -- The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) will be celebrating Noruz (Iranian New Year) at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris for the first time. Entitled “Noruz World Celebration”, a group of Iranian and foreign artists will be displaying their artworks including photos, graphic designs and cartoons centering on Noruz (beginning on March 21). Masters Kambiz Derambakhsh, Seifollah Samadian and Amrollah Farhadi have selected 180 works out of the 4,000 submitted works from 30 countries, ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) director Hojjatollah Ayyubi said. Afterwards, the exhibit will travel to go on display at the National Philharmonic Hall in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, he added. Artists from Poland, Malaysia, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, China, Afghanistan, Turkey, Indonesia, Germany and several more are participating in this event. The winners will be announced in May at the venue of ECI in Tehran, Ayyubi said, adding that Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakhstan will be the next hosts after Tajikistan.