Sunday, December 7, 2014

12/17/2014 Haft Paykar: A Tapestry of Tales from a Twelfth Century Persian Romance Downtown



City of Toronto All Events http://ift.tt/1vuJqnZ The Haft Paykar, an epic romantic poem, tells the story of Bahram Gur, king of Ancient Iran who marries seven princesses, building for them a palace of seven pavilions. Join Ariel Balevi, a storyteller whose repertoire derives from the literary and folklore traditions of Iran, Turkey, and Central Asia, as he recounts some of the tales Bahram heard as he visited each princess in her pavilion. This is a journey woven into a tapestry from the many coloured threads of story itself!

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