Kurdish Theater Festival is an opportunity to pay attention to traditional cultures

Iran Theater- Shahram Karami, director of performing arts  Centerat the closing ceremony of the 16th Saqez Kurdish Theater Festival,called for increased state-of-the-art theater funding from the state budget, stating that theater art is a thought-provoking art and needed to be used by government.

Shahram Karami thanked the organizers of the festival and said: "Saqez artists have always been sympathetic and passionate about holding this event in Saqez. This shows the importance of paying attention to the art of theater in Kurdistan.

Speaking to parliamentarian Saqqez, who is a member of the parliamentary program and budget committee, Karami called for increased funding in the field of performing arts and called for increased funding, adding that he had repeatedly protested why The theater budget should be one-tenth of that of cinema.

Director of the Performing Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance stated: Despite the potential, capacity and active groups of performing arts and the number of 82 theater festivals and 18,000 active artists in the country, limited credit to the theater is allocated and the high degree of credit allocated and the difficulties it faces. “