The second Khwaja Atta cultural, sports and tourism festival started in Bandar Abbas
According to the Arya Heritage report, quoted from the public relations of Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts General Directorate, Khawaja Atta cultural, sports and tourism festival with a beach and sea lifestyle approach, with the presence of Mohammad Mohseni, Director General of Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Reza Sameh, Director General of National and Global Bases. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, the Director General of Sports and Youth, the mayor and members of Bandar Abbas city council, a group of officials and culture-loving people started working in Bandar Abbas on Monday, January 18, 1402.
Mohammad Mohseni said in the ceremony of welcoming the sailors of the historic port of Laft and the mooring of Iran’s only sailing vessel in Khaja Ata beach: Khaja Kamaluddin Atta was one of the powerful and influential men of the 9th and 10th centuries AH in the Persian Gulf and was the first hero of the fight against colonialism in the history of Iran. .
Hormozgan Director General of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts continued: Naming a neighborhood after this hero in Bandar Abbas is rooted in the history and identity of this area.
He added: This issue does not reduce the importance of other neighborhoods in Bandar Abbas, and each neighborhood has its place in the history and culture of this city.
Mohseni continued by referring to the communication of general sea-oriented development policies by the supreme leader and said: this festival, with its focus on beaches and islands and emphasizing the Iranian-Islamic identity, can be one of the biggest centers of coastal tourism in the south of the country.
The performance of the ancient ritual of seafaring, the ceremony of traditional music and the holding of water sports were among the programs of the cultural and sports tourism festival of Khwaja Ata.
Also, with the presence of Abdul Majid Arfai, a researcher and expert in ancient languages, the branding of the historical port of Laft was unveiled at Toubi Bandar Abbas Cultural Center.
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