Children, grandmothers and grandfathers, storytellers from across the country as well as several foreign storytellers will tell their stories to the children during the 4-day event.
The festival is organized every year by the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA).
Stories from Ferdowsi’s masterpiece Shahnameh, folktales from various regions of Iran as well as stories from Persian books are scheduled to be told during the event.
In addition, a group of foreign storytellers will familiarize Iranian children with stories from their own native cultures.
Beatriz Montero from Spain, Fatima Farhat from Lebanon, Barbara Amaral from Brazil, Nor Azhar Ishak from Malaysia and Beyza Akyuz from Turkey are among the storytellers invited to the event. Other storytellers are coming from Afghanistan, India and Kenya.
The stories will be judged by a number of Iranian and foreign jury members.
Akram Qasempur, Moslem Qasemi and Mohammad Simzari will judge the national section, and the stories in the international section will be judged by Reza Fayyazi, Hamid Jebelli and Hassan Dowlatababdi from Iran, as well as Rukhsana Khan, a Pakistani Canadian children’s writer and storyteller, and storyteller and actor Djalma Madelar Menes from the Philippines.
Venues including IIDCYA, Art Bureau, Melal Cultural Center, Ameneh Nursery and several schools will be hosting the event.
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