From among 285 works contesting various sections of Iran’s 20th Festival of Ritual and Traditional Drama, 96 works competed in sections of scene, field, ritual (imitation and Ta'zieh), Iranian dramas, traditional dolls, Iran’s shoots, coffeehouse and international seminar. The event lasted one week and ended on Sunday.
Photo of the day: Ghorogh Shekani which is Persian for removal of the closure is a traditional ritual in Iran’s Mazandaran province which is observed by farmers at the end of the working season.
The fresh round of violence and bloodshed in Afghanistan has forced thousands of people to leave their houses and flee to neighbouring countries like Iran.
