Tehran hosting int’l needlework, clothing design exhibit

Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center is currently hosting the 2nd edition of the Hima Nakh and Negareh Exhibition organized by Iran’s ECO Cultural Institute.  

The Hima Nakh and Negareh exhibit has put on display traditional needlework and sewing as well as clothing design by contemporary artists of the member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

“The ECO is an intergovernmental regional organization encompassing countries from Europe, Caucuses and Central Asia, West Asia, and South Asia with more than 460 million inhabitants and over 8 million square kilometers connecting Russia to the Persian Gulf and China to Europe,” according to the organization’s official website.

The exhibition is displaying some 450 artworks by 220 artists mostly from Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan.

“Despite the fact that the artworks are from various geographical areas, they share common motifs and features, indicating that they have roots in the same culture and civilization,” said the organizer of the event.

Needlework (Souzan-douzi in Persian) is a very common occupation pursued by females in some regions of Iran.

It is the art of drawing images on plain fabrics by sewing delicate stitches using a needle and colorful yarns.

The Hima Nakh and Negareh Exhibition aims to revive forgotten arts and showing commonalities and contradictions between ECO members. It also seeks to raise the level of knowledge and skills between ECO member countries and also to identify and introduce artists and veterans in the field of traditional sewing.

The exhibition will be running under the theme of ‘Peace and Friendship’ until September 21, 2021.  

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