Compilation of the first volume of Encyclopedia on 'Iranian Culture' in such a size is unprecedented in the world, the head of Great Islamic Encyclopedia Center said.
Addressing the ceremony to unveil the first volume of Encyclopedia on 'Iranian Culture', Kazem Mousavi-Bojnourdi said that the encyclopedia is a specialized folkloric work featuring the Iranian nation's folklore.
Beliefs and traditions, foods, clothing, institutes relating to anthropology and folklore, art, handicrafts, music, folklore texts and figures and thinkers in the field are among the topics and sections of the encyclopedia, he said.
Some 100 Iranian researchers and Iranian expatriates are involved in writing the encyclopedia, the first volume of which includes 400 entries, Mousavi-Bojnourdi said.
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Tehran, July 9, IRNA – The first volume of Encyclopedia on 'Iranian Culture' was unveiled on Tuesday.