Foreign storytellers to compete in Iranian festival

TEHRAN,Jan.11(MNA)-- Organizers of the 15th International Storytelling Festival will be hosting a group of international storytellers from across the globe to compete at the festival this year. The storytellers will share tales from their motherlands with Iranian children at the festival running from January 26 to 29 in Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province. Seventeen storytellers are invited for the festival, out of which 12 will be taking part in the competition section, four will be attending the side section, and one storyteller from Tajikistan is among the jury members. The 12 storytellers are coming from Thailand, Afghanistan, Canada, Lebanon, Kenya, Romania, Indonesia, the United States and Denmark. The festival has been organized by the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA), the Public Relations Office of IIDCYA reported on Tuesday. Storytellers Hans Laurens from Denmark and Eric James Wolf from the U.S. are among the participants, the report added.