The closing ceremony of the largest street theater festival in the Middle East

The 16th Marivan International Street Theater Festival presented awards in its various sections at the closing ceremony. The closing ceremony of the 16th Marivan International Street Theater Festival was held on the morning of Saturday, October 21 in the Neshat meeting hall of Marivan with the presence of Kazem Nazari (Director General of Dramatic Arts), Esmaeel Zarei Kosha (Governor of Kurdistan) and Esrafil Farajollahi, (the CEO of the Dramatic arts association).

 

At the beginning of this ceremony, it was announced that this program was dedicated to the memory of Ferdous Kaviani, Atila Pesyani and Dariush Mehrjui.

Rahman Hoshyari, the artistic director of the festival and the first speaker of the closing ceremony, said: A generation of Marivan population has participated in this ceremony and some were not yet born when we planned this festival.

He explained: Marivan Festival is the only festival specializing in outdoor shows, and we can say that it is the largest street festival in the Middle East.

Esmaeel Zarei Kosha, the governor of Kurdistan province, welcomed the audience: Our province has become the land of celebrations and festivals due to its unique and irreplaceable capacities.

He continued: I hope the next festival will be more magnificent and will be held with the participation of more artists from Iran and other countries.

Kazem Nazari, the Director General of performing Arts Center and ITI President of Iran, expressed hope that this festival, which has flourished, will continue to hold stronger and powerful in the coming years.

 

He explained: We use the Marivan festival as an example in the whole country in terms of the planning and compassion of its officials. If International festivals like Venice and other art events are successful, it is because of their official’s effort. Marivan Street Theater Festival has been successful thanks to the efforts of the managers of this province and will be more successful from now on.

At the end of this ceremony, the winners of Marivan Street Theater Festival were announced in various sections: free, child and young adult, ritual and traditional, disabled, sacrifice and martyrdom and other performance categories.

Avat Jalal, the director of the show "Sivi 21" from Chacmal of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq took home main award of the international section.