The feast of dolls reached the last supper

According to a report by Fars News Agency’s theater reporter, the 19th Tehran-Mubarak International Puppet Show Festival reached its final stage last night (Saturday, July 17) after 9 nights.

*Performing 59 shows in the Puppet Show Festival

15 shows in the adult section, 14 shows in the child and adolescent section, 7 shows in the general well-being section, 7 shows in the international section and 4 shows in the guest section of the 19th Tehran-Mubarak International Puppet Show Festival in the main, Qashqai, Chaharso, Sayeh and The show workshop of the city theater complex, the large and small halls of Molvi Hall, the main hall of Art Hall and the Golestan Hall of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents were staged.

Also, 12 shows were performed in the open air section of the city theater complex.

*Tell about the traditions

One of the important features of this Puppet Theater Festival was the presence of performance groups with traditional puppets and customs of different climates. The open space has been performed three times. About the story of this show, he told one of the media: “The show “Hele Hele Kose” is one of the ritual shows of rain seeking in Bakhtiari Province. Since I myself am of Bakhtiari descent and rituals are taken from the climate of each ethnic group, I am not an exception to this rule and I have seen and heard them closely and conducted field research about them.

In response to the extent to which the display of rituals and customs are associated with creativity, this artist stated: I have participated in various festivals with ritual works. In many festivals, the works that are displayed in the ritual atmosphere have remained sterile in content and have moved towards formalism and in a way it can be said that they have been left behind from the content. While ritual works are among those works that should be well studied and even the author should have a dramaturge by his side to open the knots that come up in the research department.

* The presence of more than 700 artists in the puppet festival

According to the statistics announced by the Secretariat of the 19th Tehran-Mubarak International Puppet Show Festival, more than 585 artists participated in three sections: adults, children, and outdoor, of which 251 artists from cities and 334 artists from Tehran participated in these three sections.

80 artists from Tehran and the provinces and cities of Iran were also present in the inclusive section of welfare welfare. Also, 26 foreign artists played a role in the international section of the 19th Festival in Iran.

Many artists used the opportunity of this festival and each of them considered a special feature of it as important. Marjan Pourghlamohsin, the writer and director of the show “280th Night of the Year”, considers one of the good events of the puppet show festival to be its executive planning, which gives the opportunity to watch the works of different groups. Gives participants.

* Welcoming several thousand people from the shows

Tehran-Mubarak Puppet Show Festival has always had its audience and its performances have been welcomed, but this year we witnessed the attendance of several thousand people to watch street shows in the city theater complex. The holding of this festival and the presence of people from different categories and ages injected joy and vitality into the society.

The stage shows in the 19th festival were welcomed by many audiences, and in some halls, the organizers of the puppet show festival were forced to consider a new turn and many performances again.

Saeedeh Dehqaninejad, the writer and director of the show “Mubarak in Good Stories”, stating that the reception of the 19th Tehran-Mubarak International Puppet Show Festival is unique, added: “Unfortunately, I have not been able to watch a show except for the open-air performances, but the live programs of the festival page in the open air” I have followed virtual. In my opinion, the audience’s turnout for this event was surprising and I was surprised by the crowd of people interested in theater, among whom there were audiences of different ages.

*Conclusion in the main hall of the city theater

The closing of the 19th International Festival of Tehran-Mubarak Puppet Show under the direction of Hadi Hejazifar will be held in the evening of Sunday, July 18 (today) with the introduction of the winners of various sections of this festival in the main hall of the city theater complex.

This ceremony will be held tonight at 20:00 along with the commemoration of Homa Jadikar and Hassan Dadshekar, two of the pioneers of the country’s puppet show, with the presence of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

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