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special rituals, ceremonies and hospitality services.The Islamic Republic has nominated the religious pilgrimage for possible inscription on
the register of good safeguarding practices, Mostafa Pourali, who is in charge of Registration, Preservation, and Restoration of Spiritual
and Natural Heritage sites at the Ministry of Heritage, Culture, Tourism, and Handicrafts, said on Wednesday.Through such registrations, the
UN cultural body helps to safeguard tressured pilgrimage rituals that are rooted in the public believes, the consistency and persistence of
which exhibit their significance and values.Pilgrimage to the holy shrine, which is situated in the northeastern city of Mashhad, is
registered on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List upon a proposal offered by the tourism department of Khorasan Razavi
accommodation centers.Mashhad recorded some four million overnight stays, mainly by domestic travelers, in the first three months of the
current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21)
1,312,000 passengers, Seyyed Javad Mousavi said
