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THE 5TH FLYING CARPET FESTIVAL IS COMING. DONATE, SHARE, AND/OR VOLUNTEER. @heryerdesanat
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THE 5TH FLYING CARPET FESTIVAL IS COMING. DONATE, SHARE, AND/OR VOLUNTEER. @heryerdesanat

Our 5th Flying Carpet Festival, the mobile festival for children in conflict zones is coming back to the Turkish Syrian border again between September 15th-25th, 2023. Our open call for artists is now open as well. Please go to: http://www.flyingcarpetfestival.org/apply to apply to be one of our guest artists. Please support our festival at: http://www.flyingcarpetfestival.org/donate Flying Carpet Festival is the first mobile multi-disciplinary arts festival for vulnerable and refugee children living in difficult places worldwide. The Flying Carpet Festival was created in 2018 by Sahba Aminikia, a San Francisco-based Iranian American music composer, in collaboration with Her Yerde Sanat Dernegi (Art Anywhere Association), originally a social circus school and a cultural organization based in Mardin, Türkiye, near the Turkish Syrian border where 3.6 million refugees, half of whom are children are resettled. Other programs held by Her Yerde Sanat Dernegi include; Sirkhane (circus and acrobatic workshops), Sirkhane Darkroom (analog photography workshops), and Müzikhane (music workshops). The festival annually brings 20-40 artists, musicians, dancers, acrobats, and storytellers to the Turkish Syrian border as part of an artist residency. It engages them in creating a cohesive artistic story-telling experience decorated with music, dance, circus arts, and visual projection for children of Syrian, Turkish, and Kurdish origin. The festival forms collaborations between artists-in-residence, local artists, and children artists. Since its conception, The Flying Carpet Festival has reached out to 15,000 children through 38 live performances and 250 workshops and has hosted 82 artists. It also has been mentioned in San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Associated Press, KALW, Medium, and I Care if You Listen. In previous years, Flying Carpet has been sponsored by the United States Embassy in Adana, BMZ (German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development), and the Italian Cultural Institute in Istanbul. Video: Ozgür Mert
Parviz Meshkatian (arr. Sahba Aminikia): DARDE MOSHTARAK (SHARED PAIN): Kronos Quartet, Shiraz Choir
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Parviz Meshkatian (arr. Sahba Aminikia): DARDE MOSHTARAK (SHARED PAIN): Kronos Quartet, Shiraz Choir

"In September 2022, the death of a 22-year old woman, Mahsa Amini, in custody of morality police, sparked an ongoing series of protests against the state's gender apartheid. The Islamic republic's violent crackdown on the protestors has escalated this movement into a full-blown uprising across the country and around the globe. In Iran, protests have been going on every day for the past 2.5 months. 16,813 people have been arrested, and 402 have been gunned down by the security forces, 58 of whom were minors. The Iranian people's revolution asks for FREEDOM and EQUALITY for all." - Sahba Aminikia ------------------------------ text translation: Oh, dear! Join us! Join us! Don’t remain stranded by yourself! For this pain, that we share, Will not recover, In me, the lonesome me, In you, the lonely you. This difficult life, For us, Without a shared battle, Will never become easier. Don’t remain by yourself, Join us, dear! Oh, dear! Join us! Join us! Don’t remain stranded by yourself! For this pain, that we share, Will not recover, In me, the lonesome me, In you, the lonely you. ------------------------------ Music by Parviz Meshkatian (arranged by Sahba Aminikia) Video by Nima Dehghani Performed by KRONOS QUARTET David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Sunny Yang, cello Kronos Quartet appears courtesy of the Kronos Performing Arts Association. SHIRAZ CHOIR AND ENSEMBLE Somaieh Amini, Zahra Asgari, Avideh Danaii, Soheila Farahani, Haleh Ghaffari, Zhila Hariri, Fahimeh Jasbi, Parisa Mirfakhraei, Amin Assadi, Reza Mokhtari, Hadi Rismanchi, and Masoud Tavazoei Amin Assadi, Musical Director and Conductor
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