INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-- Veteran tazieh performer Alaeddin Qasemi passed away at a Tehran healthcare facility on Saturday night after suffering a persistent
About 3 years earlier, he suffered brain injuries, which resulted in a stroke; he was hospitalized and finally, he passed away, Davud
Fathalibeigi, a top specialist on standard Iranian dramatic performances who is a buddy of Qasemi, informed the Persian service of MNA on
Sunday.He stated that Qasemi was Irans very first entertainer who staged a tazieh piece at the Festival dAvignon in France, among the most
essential global occasions in the field of contemporary performing arts
His voice was actually influential in tone and he did his acting motions truly nicely from an esthetic point of view, Fathalibeigi kept in
His death is an excellent loss for me; he was really an ideal artist in tazieh, he stated in conclusion.Qasemi began his career in tazieh
in youth with his senior sibling in Taleqan, a town about 170 kilometers west of Tehran.They later on teamed up with performers in Qazvin
and Tehran, two significant centers for tazieh performances.Qasemi set up a troupe providing various performances throughout the
world.Tazieh, the Iranian passion play, represents religious occasions, historical and legendary stories and folk tales
Each performance has the 4 parts of poetry, music, song and motion.Performers are always male, and female roles are played by guys, most of
whom are beginners who acquire their living through other ways but carry out for spiritual rewards.Tazieh was signed up on UNESCOs List of
the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in November 2010
The root of the word tazieh originates from the Arabic-Persian word aza which suggests grieving and grieving, Qasemi told the Tehran Times
in an interview conducted in September 2019
Therefore, some may think of that tazieh only illustrates occasions that belong to grieving and sorrow, however pleased and cheerful
occasions in the history of Islam and Iran can also be the style of tazieh, he included
We also have comic tazieh plays like The Meeting of Prophet Solomon and the Queen of Sheba which is really delightful, he noted.Qasemis
funeral will be held on Monday morning and he will be buried in the Artists Section of Tehrans Behesht Zahara Cemetery
Picture: A file photo reveals Alaeddin Qasemi carrying out a tazieh
