Celebration of Persian Art and Culture Begins
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PrintAn evening of Persian music on the tar and sehtar by Dariush Dolat-shahi is the first event in a free, public two-month celebration of Persian art and culture cosponsored by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Foundation for Iranian Studies. Also included in the celebration are calligraphy and illumination workshops, lectures, and an evening of reading from the tenth-century Persian epic poem, the "Shahnama."
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Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1989. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, p. 16.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
February 16, 1989
Iran