Iran Press/ Iran News: During its seventeenth session, held in Morocco, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage also inscribed "Yaldā Night or Shab-e-Chella", practiced in Iran and Afghanistan, and the musical instrument "Oud" on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
In this ceremony, which was held at Institute for Political and International Studies in Tehran, the guests were introduced to the ancient customs of the longest night of the year.
The cultural identity of Yalda night, its place and historical roots in Iranian culture and families, attention to nature and traditional chronology, and honoring the important position of women and children in the family, the friendship and hospitality among the Iranian families were explained to the guests, including a number of female ambassadors and wives of diplomats from more than 30 countries.
Introducing local clothes and languages of the tribes of different provinces of Iran, reciting poems of Ferdowsi Shahnameh, and introduction The Divān of Hafez were among other programs that were widely welcomed by the guests.
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