Tehran, IRNA – A commemoration ceremony for 19th century Iranian Poet Faez Dashti was held in Bushehr, Iran, on Saturday, attended by Iranian and Indian poets.

The ceremony was characterized by a style of southern Iranian poetry reading, called Sharveh-Khani, in which the reciter or singer chants two-couple poems in a special style of singing called Dashti.

In the ceremony which was organized by Hendiral International Group, Indian poets Dr. Ghiyasud-Din, Ali Asghar al-Haydari, Fatima Zargham, Muslim Asadullah and Mahdi Baqer Khan as well as Indian poets Ali Houshmand, Iraj Qanbari, Alireza Hekmati, Mostafa Mohaddesi Khorasani, Masoud Alavi and Fatemeh Nazeri recited two-couplets.

Elsewhere in the ceremony, Sharveh-Khani clips from well-known singers were played and some books authored by Faez Dashti and some books about him were introduced.

Dashti, where Faez was born, is a county in the southern Iranian province Bushehr.

Faez is the greatest Persian two-couplet composer after the 11th century Persian poet Baba Taher.

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