Closing ceremony of the second 'Miqat' cultural and artistic festival to be held; over 1,700 entries received

The closing ceremony for the second 'Miqat' cultural and artistic festival, which received more than 1,700 submissions from Hajj pilgrims, is scheduled to take place in Tehran.

Hojjat al-Islam Akhavian, Director of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the Office of the Supreme Leader's Representative for Hajj and Pilgrimage, announced in an interview with the Hajj information portal that the closing ceremony for the second 'Miqat' cultural and artistic festival, dedicated to 1405 Hajj pilgrims, will be held. He stated that more than 1,700 works have been submitted to the festival secretariat. He added that the second 'Miqat' festival was organised with the aim of recording and narrating pilgrims' experiences of the Hajj journey, across six categories: photography, poetry, personal reflections, travelogues, documentary film, and podcasts.

The Director of Educational and Cultural Affairs noted that 1405 Hajj pilgrims recorded their experiences and narratives of the journey in various artistic and literary formats, with the collection of works illustrating diverse perspectives on the Hajj pilgrimage. Hojjat al-Islam Akhavian explained that the photography section captured enduring moments and frames of the Hajj journey, while the poetry and personal reflections sections narrated the feelings and experiences of pilgrims through literary forms, and the travelogue section documented the details and memories of the trip. He added that in the documentary film and podcast sections, pilgrims narrated the atmosphere and their experiences of the Hajj journey through visual and audio formats.

The Director of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced that the closing ceremony of the second 'Miqat' cultural and artistic festival will take place on Tuesday, 14 Mehr, from 9:00 to 11:00, in the presence of Hojjat al-Islam Navab, the Representative of the Supreme Leader for Hajj and Pilgrimage, at the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organisation's prayer hall in Tehran, where winners from the various festival categories will be honoured. He noted that this festival was organised through the efforts of the Cultural Deputy of the Supreme Leader's Representative for Hajj and the Office of Educational and Cultural Affairs.