TEHRAN-- Hezar- Daf Festival is to be held in Palangan village, Kordestan province, in late April, said the director general of the provinces Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department.Mansour Mehrzad told ISNA that this year may be the last possibility for a possible registration of Palangan on the World Best Tourism Villages list.Iranian Association of Architects has called this year as Kordestan province to have more intro of this western province, since Kordestan boasts many historical and ancient monuments and villages with valuable texture.He explained that near to 300 hectares of Sanandaj texture is historical type.
In addition, Bijar and Saqqez are likewise thought about historic sites, he added.This suggests that Kordestan is important in terms of architecture and historic texture, he said.
Today, the province has turned into a traveler location, he added.Fortunately, 12 million tourists went to Kordestan province throughout past Iranian year (ended on March 20,2025).
In addition, nearly 534,000 tourists checked out the province from March 15 to April 4, showing an 18-percent rise year-on-year.
He put the number of foreign travelers at 44,734.
He continued that currently, Kordestan boasts 6,000 domestic beds for tourists, which can not address the requirements of all guests.We have raised the property bed capacity to 41,000 persons with the aid of formal and informal ecotourism sites.Mehrzad mentioned that 6 tangible and intangible heritages of Kordestan province have actually been signed up on the National Heritage List this year.He stated backgammon has been registered on the National Heritage List.
We proposed backgammon for nationwide registration in 2011.
The backgammon geography was entitled by the name of Kordestan province in 2016.
The echoes of the ancient tunes resonated, in Palangan, one of the Kordestans earliest towns, enhancing the spirits of countless fellow countrymen.The historic village of Palangan, a nominee to be on the World Best Tourism Villages list, played host to roughly 50,000 tourists and travelers from across Iran, in April 2024.
The Hezar-Daf Festival, which indicates one thousand drums in Persian, was arranged with the existence of provincial authorities and media groups.The inaugural Hezar-Daf Festival in Palangan took place tree years earlier, the cultural event, functioning as a spiritual and cultural heritage, is held on the last Friday of the extremely first month of the Persian calendar, with the involvement of numerous drumming and artistic groups in the tourist village.Being commemorated each year with specific splendour and participated in by tourists from both within and outside the province, the Hezar-Daf is one of the most lovely customs of this historical village.KD.
This short article very first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times