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www.TOURISMpaper.comIranian documentary ‘Death of Qanat’, directed by Abbas

Heydari, will take part in the 1st Inshort Film Festival in

Nigeria. Directed and written by Abbas Heydari, and pro-

duced by Iran Youth Cinema society of Gonabad, the docu-

mentary film examines the drying out of the only Qanat in

Nodeh countryside, located in Gonabad, Iran.

The documentary will take part in the 1st edition of Inshort

Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria, slated for December 20 –

22, 2018.

Death of Qanat Goes to Nigeria’s Short Filmfest.

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he second season of explorations and

probing operations in Bampur Castle has

so far led to the discovery of remains of

the two rooms of the barracks, the eastern side

of the entrance gate of the middle court, part of

the southern gap of the barracks yard, and the

discovery of the remains of the walls of the men-

tioned spaces. The Public Relations Office of

the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and

Tourism (RICHT) quoted the head of the arche-

ology team, Nowzar Heydari, as say-

ing that

Bampur Castle which was for a long time, es-

pecially during the Qajar era, the center of gov-

ernance of Baluchestan, is rectangular in shape

and has been built in the north-south axis. He

further remarked that the castle consists of three

main parts of the southern yard, the middle court

and the ruler residence section.

Heydari pointed to the southern yard (the bar-

racks) as the most expanded part of the castle

and said the entrance gate of the castle opens

to this part and remains of several rooms (25 to

30 rooms) exist in its center and around it and

based on historical documents it used

to be the place for the stationing of

the soldiers. Bampur Castle is lo-

cated in the Jazmourian geograph-

ic-cultural area, 18 km west of

the city of Iranshahr, on the

northwest side of Bampur

city, south of Sistan and

Baluchestan Prov-

ince.

FrenchFrenchArtistArtistCoupleCharmedby IranianHospitality

rench photographer Alain Ceccaroli and his

wife, who visited Iran to hold a photogra-

phy exhibition, said they were charmed by

Iranian culture and hospitality. Ceccaroli said that

he plans to return to Iran in the coming months

and enjoy its special attractions. A collection of 20

black-and-white photographs featuring mountain

landscapes was on view at the exhibition titled

‘Entre errance et eternite’ (‘Between Wandering

and Eternity’). The exhibition ran until November

30. conducted an interview with Ceccaroli to get

his opinion about Iran and Iranian culture. Alain

Ceccaroli was born in 1945 in Morocco. He lives

in France. After holding several jobs, he decided

in 1981 to become a professional author photog-

rapher. Though he was self-taught, his meeting in

1982 with Claudine and Jean-Pierre Sudre was

decisive. He devotes himself to his three passions:

Architecture, landscape and the Mediterranean.

His photographic career took off and multiple

commissions and photographic projects started

coming in. He held several exhibitions in countries

such as Switzerland, Belgium, Croatia, Syria and

Greece. Excerpts of the interview follow:

■ How did you select the photographs for the exhibition in Tehran?I was invited by the French Embassy in Iran to

hold an exhibition. The embassy suggested some

themes for the photos and since I knew that the

Iranians are highly interested in nature, I chose

a collection of my photographs about mountains

and trees. I am interested in the visible and invis-

ible traces of history on the landscape. I selected

a collection of 20 works from my visit to the Swiss

Alps in 1985 and 1989. I did not want to increase

the number of displayed photos without paying at-

tention to the theme of the works.■ Do you have a plan to hold another ex-hibition in Iran?It is not clear yet. Right now I want to travel to Iran

again and enjoy its attractions and meet its peo-

ple. Iranians’ hospitality was of great significance

to me and I must confess that I have not seen any

people in the world more hospitable than Iranians

in Isfahan. I will recommend my friends in France

to make a trip to Iran. Since there are so much

propaganda against Iran, I will tell my friends

about my observations in Iran and the reality.

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Remains of BarracksRoom Discovered in SE Iran

lmost one billion people

live in mountain areas,

and over half the human

population depends on moun-

tains for water, food and clean

energy. However, according to

the United Nations, mountains

are under threat from climate

change, land degradation, over

exploitation and natural disas-

ters, with potentially far-reaching

and devastating consequences,

both for mountain communi-

ties and the rest of the world.

Mountains are early indicators

of climate change and as glob-

al climate continues to warm,

mountain people — some of the

world’s hungriest and poorest —

face even greater struggles to

survive. The rising temperatures

also mean that mountain glaciers

are melting at unprecedented

rates, affecting freshwater sup-

plies downstream for millions

of people.

Mountain commu-

nities, however,

have a wealth

of knowledge

and strate-

gies ac-

cumula ted

over gen-

erations, on

how to adapt

to climate vari-

ability.■ Iran’s Mount Damavand a vic-tim of waste According to a report by Fars

news agency published on Tues-

day on average every week

some 1 ton of waste is collected

from the southern part of the

area as mountain climbers

dump their waste in

the region. Abbas

Mohammadi a

member of

Alpine Club

of Iran told

Fars news

a g e n c y

that climb-

ing mount

D a m a v a n d

should be

r e g u l a t e d .

The waste strew

around in the area

will result in soil erosion,

Mohammadi regretted. Mount

Damavand, an inactive volcano

and the highest peak in the Mid-

dle East, is now being threatened

by land use change and mining

activities as well as waste. The

mountain’s environment is pretty

vulnerable up to an elevation of

4,000 meters while the protected

areas stretch from the elevation

of 4,200 meters to the peak and

unfortunately most human activi-

ties that endanger the environ-

ment, such as overgrazing, land

use change, and mining activi-

ties normally occur at lower ele-

vation. Mount Damavand is the

highest elevation about 5,628

meters. It is an inactive volcanic

mountain which was activated in

Quaternary Period.

It has numerous thermal springs.

The peak of Damavand covers

permanently snow during the en-

tire year.

MountainsMountains are Vital for our LivesA

Meet 80-year-oldTurkmen Jeweler

holam Agh is the name of a 80-year-old

artist who has devoted 60 years of his life

to creating Turkmen jewelry and teach-

ing the art to next generations in Gonbad Ka-

vus, northern Golestan province. Currently, he

is retired and his sons run the workshop.

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