An Iranian folklore music performance and several workshops are being organized for visitors. The weaving, pottery, and art and craft workshops are more of an exhibition where several pieces of exquisitely made handicraft pieces are on show.
Iranian exhibitors stand dressed in traditional attire in an enclosed area displaying miniature metal sculptures, glass paintings, metal engravings, creatively fashioned lamps and a host of other hand made artifacts that reflect Persian art at its finest. Traditional mortar and pestle, silver tea-pots, incense burners, tile wall-hangings, the exhibition includes every form of craft that one could come across.
For jewellery lovers, the Iranian stand provides some elegantly designed ornaments including necklaces inlaid with gems and decorative stones. Organisers say the exhibition has received a tremendous response in its opening days, evident from the curious crowds that throng around the enclosure to buy some of the handicrafts. A volunteer kindly lets them know that the artefacts are not for sale.
Visitors can also find the age-old spinning wheel and the ever so famous Persian rugs of intricate designs and bright colours. Hand-moulded potteries, including a couple of the popular smoking apparatus - the sheesha, were also prominent in the exhibition. A stuffed goat among the exhibits aroused the curiosity of many in the crowd only to be told that it was not a live one, much to the relief of the gathering.
A majority of the displays are from Shiraz, a city that dates back to the Achemenid times in the BC, and long been known for its carpets, and metalwork. During the medieval period, two of Iran's greatest poets, Sadi and Hafez, lived in the city.
Visitors can find the Iranian exhibition between 5 and 10pm until Wednesday, July 4th. The Ten Surprises will be held on a rotating basis in Dubai's shopping malls. Apart from providing entertainment, the Surprises offer the opportunity of combining entertainment and shopping to the hundred thousands of visitors who come to Dubai during the summer. DSS 2007 will run until August 31st.
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Dubai Festival City hosts Iranian heritage week
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, July 01 - 2007 at 14:24
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The Dubai Festival City is hosting the Iranian heritage week, which is being held as part of Heritage Surprises until 4th July.
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Launched in 1998, Dubai Summer Surprises was conceived as the foremost family entertainment event during the summer season for the whole of GCC. Targeted at visitors from outside the UAE and within the country, DSS has been a major entertainment and shopping attraction since its inception and witnessed 1,875,000 visitors in the year 2006 compared to 600,000 in 1998. The event has succeeded in positioning Dubai as the leading summer destination in the region.
Organised by government departments with the cooperation of the public sector till last year, the ten-week event is a celebration of different surprises that offer visitors and shoppers the perfect family entertainment opportunity and the ideal combination of shopping and adventure. Over the years DSS has hosted numerous surprises such as Food, Water, Global, Ice, Flower, Sports, Heritage, Arts, Techno, Cartoons, Colour, Sweets, Knowledge, and Back-2-School. The summer event lays special emphasis on children, who are provided all the opportunities to hone their skills while enjoying a fun-packed ten weeks of activities. DSS also has its own mascot, Modhesh, the ever smiling brand ambassador who embodies everything that the event stands for - fun, excitement, brightness and unlimited joy for children.
Dubai Summer Surprises as a venture has contributed significantly to the economy of Dubai and continues to do so by enhancing different economic sectors during a lean period of economic activity in summer. An increase in visitor expenditure from AED 850 million in 1998 to AED 2.57 billion in 2006 is a clear indication of the event's ability to drive economic growth during summer. Into its tenth year, Dubai Summer Surprises has come a long way by building on the successes of the previous editions and aims to create a benchmark for future years to provide the three most important characteristics of the event - shopping, winning, and entertainment.
Medilyn Manibo, Assistant News EditorSunday, July 01 - 2007 at 14:24 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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