INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-- A festival devoted to making snowmen was kept in the city of Tuyserkan, west-central province of Hamedan on Monday, a regional
tourism official has said.The event was held as a part of a winter season celebration, which is currently underway throughout Hamedan, Eshaq
Torkashvand described on Tuesday
This event intended to promote nature tourist as well as increase social vigor in the region, the main added.Earlier in January, Hamedans
deputy tourist chief Ali Khaksar revealed that Hamedan is arranging a huge winter festival, scheduled to be held from February 13 to March 8
We intend to hold a different event filled with social joy and cheerfulness, the main said.There will be both snow-related and
non-snow-related programs, in addition to craft, memento, and culinary exhibits, a pumpkin celebration, health and appeal activities, a
coffee and chocolate exhibition, and a snowman-making competitors, he explained.Winter video games, making snow sculptures, storytelling
sessions, ski trips, puppet programs, and gastronomy occasions are other programs prepared for the festival.Known in classical times as
Ecbatana, Hamedan was one of the ancient worlds greatest cities
Pitifully little remains from antiquity, but substantial parts of the city center are provided over to excavations
Ecbatana was the capital of Media and consequently a summer season home of the Achaemenian kings who ruled Persia from 553 to 330 BC.Hamadan
has had numerous names: it was perhaps the Bit Daiukki of the Assyrians, Hangmatana, or Agbatana, to the Medes, and Ecbatana to the Greeks
Among the Median capitals, under Cyrus II (the Great; passed away 529 BC) and later on Achaemenian rulers, it was the site of a royal summer
About 1220 Hamedan was damaged by the Mongols
In 1386 it was sacked by Timur (Tamerlane), a Turkic conqueror, and the residents massacred
It was partially brought back in the 17th century and consequently changed hands typically between Iranian ruling homes and the Ottomans
Sitting on a high plain, Hamedan is enthusiastically cool in August however snow vulnerable and freezing from December to March
In summer season the air is often hazy.Ali Sadr cave, Ganjnameh engravings, Avicenna Mausoleum, Hegmataneh hill, Alaviyan dome, Jameh
Stephanos Gregorian Church are amongst Hamedans destinations to name a few.ABU/
