"We will hold this program to acquaint the Indonesian public with the culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iranian Ambassador to Indonesia Mahmoud Farazandeh said here Tuesday.
The event would be opened at the National Museum and also include the screening of Iranian films at the Usmar Ismail building. He said now was the right time to show Iranian films as one such film titled "A Separation" had won acclaim at the 84th Academy Awards festival in the foreign films category.
Farazandeh said Iran’s cinematography had recently elicited praise from the world as it had produced quality films based on fresh ideas and free from sex scenes. "Indonesia-Iran relations date back to thousands of years ago as proven by the discovery of an ancient grave stone bearing an inscription in the Persian language."
In the literary field, especially in Malay literature, there also was Iranian influence as about 400 Persian words had become part of Bahasa Indonesia part of which were still being used today, he said. Indonesian poets such as Sanusi Pane and Amir Hamzah had turned out works with strong Persian cultural influences.
"The Iranian revolution was a cultural revolution and we want to spread it throughout the world," he said. Apart from the cultural week, there would also be seminars on Iran at a number of universities in Jakarta, the ambassador said.
Indonesia and Iran had in the past also engaged in cultural exchanges such as an Indonesian culture week in Iran and an Iranian calligraphy exhibition in Jakarta, Farazandeh said.
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