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Tue, 03/16/2010 - 13:21
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Foreign tourists flock to tours on Persian handicrafts
TEHRAN, March 16 (MNA) -- Foreign tourists enthusiastically travel to Iran for annual tours focusing on Persian handicrafts in different regions.
The tourists, mostly from the United States and the Scandinavian countries, take part in these tours held annually during the month of March and around Noruz time, tour leader Mostafa Shafiei-Shakib said.
“Scholars teaching weaving at the European universities are also seen among the tourists,” he remarked.
The programs are usually held in the provinces of Ardebil, Golestan, Kohkiluyeh Boyer-Ahmad, West and East Azerbaijan, Qom, Tehran, Shiraz, and Isfahan.
Some of these tourists have been attending the event for years and visit workshops where locals do carpet weaving, kilim, silk weaving, miniature works, intarsia artwork, inlay and other handicrafts, Shafiei-Shakib said, adding, “They also stay in nomads’ tents in the regions of Namin and Meshkinshahr in Ardebil along with local nomads.”
Sometimes, these tourists will stay in one region for a long time to learn the handicrafts they are interested in and work alongside Iranian masters, he stated.
The tourists, mostly from the United States and the Scandinavian countries, take part in these tours held annually during the month of March and around Noruz time, tour leader Mostafa Shafiei-Shakib said.
“Scholars teaching weaving at the European universities are also seen among the tourists,” he remarked.
The programs are usually held in the provinces of Ardebil, Golestan, Kohkiluyeh Boyer-Ahmad, West and East Azerbaijan, Qom, Tehran, Shiraz, and Isfahan.
Some of these tourists have been attending the event for years and visit workshops where locals do carpet weaving, kilim, silk weaving, miniature works, intarsia artwork, inlay and other handicrafts, Shafiei-Shakib said, adding, “They also stay in nomads’ tents in the regions of Namin and Meshkinshahr in Ardebil along with local nomads.”
Sometimes, these tourists will stay in one region for a long time to learn the handicrafts they are interested in and work alongside Iranian masters, he stated.
