Monday, August 06, 2007

From Balkh to Konya

Cultural Heritage News - Tehran, Iran

Saturday, August 4, 2007

CHN Calls for a Group Travel from Balkh to Konya
Concurrent with 800th anniversary of Rumi’s birthday (29th of September), Cultural Heritage News has announced a recall for holding a symbolic movement for holding a tour from Balkh to Konya.

In commemoration of 800th anniversary of great Persian poet, Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, in an initiative measure, CHN is determined to hold a tour from birth city of Mevlana in Balkh located in today’s Afghanistan, to Konya, Turkey, where the tomb of Rumi is located.

It will mean getting acquainted with Sufism atmosphere of Rumi’s thoughts, getting familiar with common cultures of Persian language countries and countries who share the common heritage of Nowruz tradition...

It will be passing thorough a large path of the ancient Silk Road, visiting historical monuments and getting familiar with geographical diversity of Iran, and visiting the tombs of a number of great Iranian Sufis and poets such as Bayzid Bastami, Sheikh Abolhasan Khareghani, Alaoldoleh Semnani, and others...

It will bring listening to live folkloric music, holding picture exhibitions, holding a number of lectures and poem citing nights in different cities including Tehran, Mashad, Balkh, Khoy, and Konya, and providing the chance for those who are interested to write their itinerary...
These are among the main aims for holding this tour.

Participants will visit 6 countries during this 25-day tour; however, those who are not able to accompany the team all these 25 days will have the chance to take part in some schedules of the tour which will be held as follows:

- Flying from Tehran to Mashad during which they will visit cities of Mashad, Marv, Bokhara, Samarghand, Doshanbeh, Balkh, Badghis, and Harat.

- From border city of Mashad in Khorasan province to border city of Maku in Azarbaijan province during which passengers will visit cities of Mashad, Neishapur, Sabzevar, Shahrud, Damghan, Semnan, Tehran, Qazvin, Zanjan, Tabriz, Khoy, and Maku.

- From Tehran to Konya, during which the cities of Tehran, Qazvin, Zanjan, Tabriz, Khoy, Maku, Van, Alazigh, Gheisarieh, and Konya will be visited.

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Monday, August 06, 2007

From Balkh to Konya
Cultural Heritage News - Tehran, Iran

Saturday, August 4, 2007

CHN Calls for a Group Travel from Balkh to Konya
Concurrent with 800th anniversary of Rumi’s birthday (29th of September), Cultural Heritage News has announced a recall for holding a symbolic movement for holding a tour from Balkh to Konya.

In commemoration of 800th anniversary of great Persian poet, Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, in an initiative measure, CHN is determined to hold a tour from birth city of Mevlana in Balkh located in today’s Afghanistan, to Konya, Turkey, where the tomb of Rumi is located.

It will mean getting acquainted with Sufism atmosphere of Rumi’s thoughts, getting familiar with common cultures of Persian language countries and countries who share the common heritage of Nowruz tradition...

It will be passing thorough a large path of the ancient Silk Road, visiting historical monuments and getting familiar with geographical diversity of Iran, and visiting the tombs of a number of great Iranian Sufis and poets such as Bayzid Bastami, Sheikh Abolhasan Khareghani, Alaoldoleh Semnani, and others...

It will bring listening to live folkloric music, holding picture exhibitions, holding a number of lectures and poem citing nights in different cities including Tehran, Mashad, Balkh, Khoy, and Konya, and providing the chance for those who are interested to write their itinerary...
These are among the main aims for holding this tour.

Participants will visit 6 countries during this 25-day tour; however, those who are not able to accompany the team all these 25 days will have the chance to take part in some schedules of the tour which will be held as follows:

- Flying from Tehran to Mashad during which they will visit cities of Mashad, Marv, Bokhara, Samarghand, Doshanbeh, Balkh, Badghis, and Harat.

- From border city of Mashad in Khorasan province to border city of Maku in Azarbaijan province during which passengers will visit cities of Mashad, Neishapur, Sabzevar, Shahrud, Damghan, Semnan, Tehran, Qazvin, Zanjan, Tabriz, Khoy, and Maku.

- From Tehran to Konya, during which the cities of Tehran, Qazvin, Zanjan, Tabriz, Khoy, Maku, Van, Alazigh, Gheisarieh, and Konya will be visited.

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