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Thu, 10/13/2011 - 15:22
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Shiraz commemorates Iran’s National Hafez Day
TEHRAN,Oct.13(MNA)-- Hafez lovers, scholars and officials together with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gathered in the Mausoleum of Persian poet Hafez in Shiraz to mark Iran’s National Hafez Day on October 12.
A group of children clad in traditional costumes of the Fars region welcomed the guests. They were holding placards bearing the images of the Hafez Mausoleum and the Shahcheragh Holy Shrine.
World poets attending the 2nd Congress of Iranian and International Poets in Tehran also took part in the ceremony.
Several programs were arranged for the day in which a statue for Hafez National Day was unveiled. The inlaid statue reflects the image of the Hafez Mausoleum in Shiraz.
The ceremony continued with the seminar focusing on affinities between Hafez and the National Poet of India Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary.
Also included was an unveiling ceremony in which four books on Hafez were unveiled.
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini and the Science, Research, and Technology Minister Kamran Daneshju were also among the participating guests.
A group of children clad in traditional costumes of the Fars region welcomed the guests. They were holding placards bearing the images of the Hafez Mausoleum and the Shahcheragh Holy Shrine.
World poets attending the 2nd Congress of Iranian and International Poets in Tehran also took part in the ceremony.
Several programs were arranged for the day in which a statue for Hafez National Day was unveiled. The inlaid statue reflects the image of the Hafez Mausoleum in Shiraz.
The ceremony continued with the seminar focusing on affinities between Hafez and the National Poet of India Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary.
Also included was an unveiling ceremony in which four books on Hafez were unveiled.
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini and the Science, Research, and Technology Minister Kamran Daneshju were also among the participating guests.
