Highlight| Online concerts bring musical joy to Iranian families in coronavirus

Sadeq Hosseini, Farbod Khalili: Nowrouz, the Persian New Year, is by far the most important date in the Persian calendar. The two-week holiday that heralds the spring comes packed with a string of ancient traditions that include family visits of course. That tradition like many other facets of our lives was transformed by the unfolding drama of the COVID-19 global outbreak. Nowrouz under coronavirus lockdown meant no family reunions, no gifts and no dinners, but also meant no parks, no cinemas and no concerts. So Tehrans municipality came up with a brilliant idea to bring some musical joy to Iranian families in quarantine during these hard times; to livestream one concert every single night of the 15-day holiday. So on Friday April 3, the NowrouzKhaneh campaign was launched. The concerts were live-streamed on 46 different websites and platforms (ipTVs, VODs Video-on-Demand). They were also streamed live on Instagram. Before the pandemic closed down businesses and sent everyone home self-quarantining, Milad Tower was one of the main cultural hubs of Tehran, hosting major festivals and holding various other cultural events. So, the venue was rightfully picked to host the online concerts during coronavirus lockdown. The Milad Tower standing at 435 meters, the worlds sixth-tallest tower dominates the capitals skyline. http://iranthisway.com/2020/05/13/online-concerts-tehran-coronavirus-covid19/

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