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Iran`s Shiraz getting prepared for National Hafez Day
TEHRAN,Oct.9(MNA) -- Shiraz, Iran`s southwest , is hosting a variety of programs in honor of Hafez ,Persian lyric poet, as it is approaching Iran’s National Hafez Day on October 12.
A group of 150 Iranian artists gathered in Hafez’s Mausoleum on Friday to create their artworks of various form including inlaid works, as well as calligraphy and paintings. The artworks are put on show for one week at the mausoleum.
Also included is a seminar in which the role of Hafez in the Indian Subcontinent will be explored, secretary of the event Kavus Hasanli said here on Saturday.
The event will focus on affinities between Hafez and the National Poet of India Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary.
The comparison of Hafez and Tagore, the impact of Hafez on Indian poets, the translations of Divan of Hafez in Indian Subcontinent, Hafez and Indian Kings are among the main topics of the seminar.
Tagore (1861-1941) visited Iran in 1932. He visited Shiraz where he paid homage to the graves of Hafez and Sadi. Tagore was said to have sat beside the tomb of Hafez for sometime in deep contemplation, eyes closed, and then to have read and recited some of Hafez’s poems in solitude.
The seminar is cosponsored by the cultural office of the Embassy of India, the Council for Promotion of Persian Language and Literature, and South Asia and Indian Subcontinent Research Institute of the University of Sistan Baluchestan.
A group of 150 Iranian artists gathered in Hafez’s Mausoleum on Friday to create their artworks of various form including inlaid works, as well as calligraphy and paintings. The artworks are put on show for one week at the mausoleum.
Also included is a seminar in which the role of Hafez in the Indian Subcontinent will be explored, secretary of the event Kavus Hasanli said here on Saturday.
The event will focus on affinities between Hafez and the National Poet of India Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary.
The comparison of Hafez and Tagore, the impact of Hafez on Indian poets, the translations of Divan of Hafez in Indian Subcontinent, Hafez and Indian Kings are among the main topics of the seminar.
Tagore (1861-1941) visited Iran in 1932. He visited Shiraz where he paid homage to the graves of Hafez and Sadi. Tagore was said to have sat beside the tomb of Hafez for sometime in deep contemplation, eyes closed, and then to have read and recited some of Hafez’s poems in solitude.
The seminar is cosponsored by the cultural office of the Embassy of India, the Council for Promotion of Persian Language and Literature, and South Asia and Indian Subcontinent Research Institute of the University of Sistan Baluchestan.
