Crowds in Karbala prevented the performance of “The Narration of the Pathfinders” / Resumption of performances in the coming days

According to the Fars News Agency Theater Reporter, this year Iraq has set the Arbaeen pilgrimage day one day after Iran, ie Tuesday, the 6th of October. Have a ceremony.

Seyyed Mostafa Motorchi, Artistic Secretary of the Fifth International Conference on Arbaeen Walking Theater “Narrative of the Pathfinders”, told Fars at the same time as Arbaeen Hosseini in Iraq: They left. These groups are stationed in Karbala today to continue their performances if possible.

Motorchi added: “Since today, October 26 in Iraq coincides with Arbaeen Hosseini, due to the crowds, our plans may not be feasible.” In this way, we will not have a performance in Iraq at the same time as Arbaeen Hosseini, but after that, we will continue our performances for two days.

The artistic secretary of the Fifth International Conference on Arbaeen Walking Theater “The Narration of the Pathfinders” continued: The forty-year year of 1400 was a different and new experience for the “Narrative of the Pathfinders”. Crohn’s restrictions reduced the diversity of our audience and prevented us from diversifying our executive programs. In previous years, we used to perform ritual plays in languages ​​such as Persian, Arabic, English, Urdu and Turkish, but forty 1400 drastically reduced our choice.

He added: “With such circumstances, we had no doubt that most of our audience is Arab and we should focus on Arabic plays.” Our planning and forecasting of the situation went well, and our Arabic performances were well received.

Regarding the reception of “Rahyan Narration” in 1400, Motorchi said: “The more we faced the final verticals and the increase in population density, the more greetings we received from” Rahyan Narration “, to the extent that stopping the crowd to watch the performances closed the passage of all Arbaeen Hosseini pilgrims.” شد.

Criticizing the incompetence of the relevant organizations in fulfilling their obligations, he told “Narration of the Pathfinders”: The holding of the fifth international conference of the Arbaeen sidewalk theater “Narration of the Pathfinders” was canceled three times due to lack of support and cooperation of relevant officials. The only organization that fulfilled all its financial obligations and support for this movement was the Arts Center and the Endowment Organization. But those who had promised, including the Interior Ministry’s Arbaeen headquarters, suddenly shrugged at the last moment.

Motorchi continued: The Endowment Organization of the country and the artistic field of the Islamic Propaganda Organization, with their cooperation and self-sacrifice, did not allow the flag of “Narration of the Pathfinders” to fall.

In the end, he said: “In the coming years, we will fight until the last moment to hold this event and we are trying to return the” narration of the pilgrims “to the previous peak and more and more.”

The 5th International Conference on Arbaeen Pedestrian Theater “Narration of the Pathfinders”, with the presence of 60 artists, started its performances in Najaf Ashraf on October 25 with the performance of taziyeh, street plays, combined performances of taziyeh and plays with narrators, cymbals and dammam. From Arbaeen Hosseini will continue his performances.
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