Artistic activities and plays for children organized at the Flower Fair

Damascus (ST): Artistic and popular events are organized by the Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture within the International Flower Fair in its forty-first session, at the Roman Theater in Tishreen Park in Damascus. 

The artistic activities presented in the event, which will run until the third of August, include theater performances for children and youth, an open-air cinema, folkloric dance and shadow theater  performances, according to Eng. Bassam Mardini, Director of Damascus Tourism, who confirms in a  statement that the Fair is an opportunity to revitalize domestic popular tourism.

Mardini noted that the Ministry of Culture chose ten Syrian films that won international prizes to be shown to the public in the open-air cinema during the event, as well as useful plays for children and various folkloric dances, pointing out that the focus was on the activities of the child and keenness to be useful and enjoyable at the same time.

Mohammad Haddad, general manager of Bait Al Funoon Ensemble for Aleppo Heritage said in a similar statement: We came from Aleppo to participate in the Fair at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture, where we will present musical pieces, Muwashshahat , Andalusian dances, lyrical songs, songs about roses and jasmine, in addition to religious and spiritual chants.