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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
