TT Culture Desk - Tehran Times - Tehran, IranSaturday, December 8, 2007
Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi is scheduled to be commemorated by the Children’s Book Council and the Association of Children’s Books Illustrators in the Iranian Artists Forum during a weeklong program opening today [December 8th].
The forum’s Entezami Gallery will be hosting an exhibition displaying paintings and sculptures made by children based on stories to be found in Rumi’s works.
Other collections of illustrations depicting tales Rumi narrated in his poetry are also slated to be showcased at the Mirmiran and Nami galleries of the forum.
The organizers have planned to hold sessions to familiarize children with Rumi’s works and afterwards encourage them to create paintings based on their perceptions of the tales.
The program also comprises seminars during which children’s writers Nushafarin Ansari, Sudabeh Salem, Mostafa Rahmandust and Jafar Ebrahimi-Shahed will deliver speeches.
The Children of Iran band will perform a musical version of “The Merchant and his Clever Parrot”, a story from Rumi’s Masnavi, as part of the celebration.
In addition, “The Elephant in the Dark”, a film produced by the Children’s Book Council based on another tale from the Masnavi, will be screened during the week.
[Children's Book Council's website: http://www.schoolnet.ir/~cbc/].
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