[Iran] - Iran's Titovak to carry out Macbeth of Zar at Baghdad theater festival

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17, featuring works from 24 countries, including Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,
Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Italy, France, Russia, Belgium, Turkey, Germany, Brazil, Angola, and Iran, ISNA reported on
Shakespeare's finest plays, and presents a man's conscience and the effect of guilt on his mind
A dark and bloody play, Macbeth explores reality and illusion; witchcraft and the supernatural; ambition and kingship; the natural order;
light and life, darkness and death; blood and dead babies.Zar is a legacy from slavery as it was performed by African slaves who were
brought to southern Iran
They performed it on weekends in order to gain energy to enable them to bear the burden of bondage for the rest of the week
Over time, ordinary people also joined in their musical rite comprising ecstatic dance with dammam (tom-tom) playing.Today, Zar is mostly
performed by workers in a group named ahl-e hava, which is conducted by a leader called a babazari.In this play, Scottish general Macbeth
The play brought Poshtkuhi an honorable mention in the best play category
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