Shiraz Documents in an Odd Narrative of Shiraz Art Festival

Shiraz Art Festival was an organ to “prepare and schedule the programs for music and performing art festival, cooperate and make contacts with other international artistic organizations and give-and– take artistic productions and hold other artistic activities” along with the Art Festival for an unlimited period and with the presidency of Farah Pahlavi which was established in 1966. Based on its manifest the program of this organization had to be held each year and permanently and in two levels of national and international to judge the art. The organization’s goals on paper were different from what was happening in reality. The reason was the fact that Art Festival could actually create a natural connection with the society and find a usage compatible with the cultural and religious values in the society. Consequently this festival could not continue its activity because of public protests against it in later years.