223rd issue of Amordad, different from other issues, on the stands

By Aftab Yazdani, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews): The 223rd issue of Amordad is printed, and as always, on newspaper stands from today.
This issue has started with “Sadeh” festival.  It is the month of Bahman and Amordad has dedicated its prime article to Bahmangan.  In addition to the editorial, which is about Sadeh, 4 extra pages have been printed, all about the philosophy and history of this festival of our ancestors.
In this issue, on occasion of holding the first festival of Nowrooz tours in Tehran, from 30 Dey to 2 Bahman (20-22 January), in Art Creation Center, a special issue, in 4 pages, on tourism, has also been included.
Therefore, altogether, Amordad readers will find this issue of Amordad in 16 pages.
In the 4 pages on tourism, “Where to go in what season”, “Hotels also have stars”, “Tour of Iran or tour of the world”, “Some of the best of the world in Iran”, are among the several articles on tourism.
In the usual 8 pages of Amordad, like always, there are the pages on ‘Events’, ‘People’, ‘Art and Literature’, ‘History’, ‘Zoroastrians’, and page 8.
On the top page there are news regarding insult of Parviz Rajabi to the Gathas of Zarathushtra and follow-up of the Zoroastrian MP and Mobed Association.
On the ‘Events’ page news about culture and ancient Iran are printed.
The ‘People’ page has articles on ‘The traditional tea shop, an inseparable part of Iranian culture’, ‘The mermaids of Persian Gulf” and some sightseeing news.
The ‘Art and Literature’ page has articles about the role of women in the paintings of Qajar court, the father of Iranian santur and his last performance, the image of the sun in Iranian art, and some poems about Sadeh festival.
In the ‘Thoughts’ page you will read about “Dance, an expression of needs and excitement”, and “Linguistics and damages to archeology”.
The ‘History’ page has historic articles, and on ‘Zoroastrians’ page short and long news about the Zoroastrian community in Iran.
On the 8th page, which contained a series of articles on “Footprint of Iran in world geography” in the past few issues, has started articles on “Plants in the bio-ecology system of Iran” from this issue.  The first part is about the Iranian herb called ‘Aseest’.
All our effort is to revive the past and present culture of Iran.

Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour