No.1758,Thursday,13 December,2018 4 www. TOURISMpaper. com Iranian documentary ‘Death of Qanat’, directed by Abbas Heydari, will take part in the 1st Inshort Film Festival in Nigeria. Directed and written by Abbas Heydari, and pro- duced by Iran Youth Cinema society of Gonabad, the docu- mentary film examines the drying out of the only Qanat in Nodeh countryside, located in Gonabad, Iran. The documentary will take part in the 1st edition of Inshort Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria, slated for December 20 – 22, 2018. Death of Qanat Goes to Nigeria’s Short Filmfest. cooking Apple Strudel If you ever had any problem to fead you kid/s apple to keep them off doc- tor’s office as they say. Apple Strudel are a good source of energy. Apple has its own extraordinary benefits which combines with raisins and the dough itself. ■ Ingredients: 1 lb (454g) Puff Pastry Dough, puff pastry dough, 2 Apples, 1 Tbsp Sug- ar, 1/2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon, 1/3 Cup Raisins, 1/3 Cup Pecans, 1 Tbsp Bread Crumbs, 1 Egg. ■ Directions: Place sliced apples into a bowl. Add sugar, cinnamon, raisins, pecans and bread crumbs to the bowl and stir. Roll out puff pastry dough into a rec- tangle shape on a working surface. Place the apple mixture in the middle of the dough. Roll the dough over the filling and seal by pinching the edges together. Transfer the dough on a well floured cookie pan (seam side down). Make few cuts across the dough. Brush the surface of the dough with an egg (beaten). Preheat oven to 375º F(190º C), bake the strudel for 30 minutes. he second season of explorations and probing operations in Bampur Castle has so far led to the discovery of remains of the two rooms of the barracks, the eastern side of the entrance gate of the middle court, part of the southern gap of the barracks yard, and the discovery of the remains of the walls of the men- tioned spaces. The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) quoted the head of the arche- ology team, Nowzar Heydari, as say- ing that Bampur Castle which was for a long time, es- pecially during the Qajar era, the center of gov- ernance of Baluchestan, is rectangular in shape and has been built in the north-south axis. He further remarked that the castle consists of three main parts of the southern yard, the middle court and the ruler residence section. Heydari pointed to the southern yard (the bar- racks) as the most expanded part of the castle and said the entrance gate of the castle opens to this part and remains of several rooms (25 to 30 rooms) exist in its center and around it and based on historical documents it used to be the place for the stationing of the soldiers. Bampur Castle is lo- cated in the Jazmourian geograph- ic-cultural area, 18 km west of the city of Iranshahr, on the northwest side of Bampur city, south of Sistan and Baluchestan Prov- ince. French French Artist Artist Couple Charmed by Iranian Hospitality rench photographer Alain Ceccaroli and his wife, who visited Iran to hold a photogra- phy exhibition, said they were charmed by Iranian culture and hospitality. Ceccaroli said that he plans to return to Iran in the coming months and enjoy its special attractions. A collection of 20 black-and-white photographs featuring mountain landscapes was on view at the exhibition titled ‘Entre errance et eternite’ (‘Between Wandering and Eternity’). The exhibition ran until November 30. conducted an interview with Ceccaroli to get his opinion about Iran and Iranian culture. Alain Ceccaroli was born in 1945 in Morocco. He lives in France. After holding several jobs, he decided in 1981 to become a professional author photog- rapher. Though he was self-taught, his meeting in 1982 with Claudine and Jean-Pierre Sudre was decisive. He devotes himself to his three passions: Architecture, landscape and the Mediterranean. His photographic career took off and multiple commissions and photographic projects started coming in. He held several exhibitions in countries such as Switzerland, Belgium, Croatia, Syria and Greece. Excerpts of the interview follow: ■ How did you select the photographs for the exhibition in Tehran? I was invited by the French Embassy in Iran to hold an exhibition. The embassy suggested some themes for the photos and since I knew that the Iranians are highly interested in nature, I chose a collection of my photographs about mountains and trees. I am interested in the visible and invis- ible traces of history on the landscape. I selected a collection of 20 works from my visit to the Swiss Alps in 1985 and 1989. I did not want to increase the number of displayed photos without paying at- tention to the theme of the works. ■ Do you have a plan to hold another ex- hibition in Iran? It is not clear yet. Right now I want to travel to Iran again and enjoy its attractions and meet its peo- ple. Iranians’ hospitality was of great significance to me and I must confess that I have not seen any people in the world more hospitable than Iranians in Isfahan. I will recommend my friends in France to make a trip to Iran. Since there are so much propaganda against Iran, I will tell my friends about my observations in Iran and the reality. F T Remains of Barracks Room Discovered in SE Iran lmost one billion people live in mountain areas, and over half the human population depends on moun- tains for water, food and clean energy. However, according to the United Nations, mountains are under threat from climate change, land degradation, over exploitation and natural disas- ters, with potentially far-reaching and devastating consequences, both for mountain communi- ties and the rest of the world. Mountains are early indicators of climate change and as glob- al climate continues to warm, mountain people — some of the world’s hungriest and poorest — face even greater struggles to survive. The rising temperatures also mean that mountain glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates, affecting freshwater sup- plies downstream for millions of people. Mountain commu- nities, however, have a wealth of knowledge and strate- gies ac- cumulated over gen- erations, on how to adapt to climate vari- ability. ■ Iran’s Mount Damavand a vic- tim of waste According to a report by Fars news agency published on Tues- day on average every week some 1 ton of waste is collected from the southern part of the area as mountain climbers dump their waste in the region. Abbas Mohammadi a member of Alpine Club of Iran told Fars news agency that climb- ing mount Damavand should be regulated. The waste strew around in the area will result in soil erosion, Mohammadi regretted. Mount Damavand, an inactive volcano and the highest peak in the Mid- dle East, is now being threatened by land use change and mining activities as well as waste. The mountain’s environment is pretty vulnerable up to an elevation of 4,000 meters while the protected areas stretch from the elevation of 4,200 meters to the peak and unfortunately most human activi- ties that endanger the environ- ment, such as overgrazing, land use change, and mining activi- ties normally occur at lower ele- vation. Mount Damavand is the highest elevation about 5,628 meters. It is an inactive volcanic mountain which was activated in Quaternary Period. It has numerous thermal springs. The peak of Damavand covers permanently snow during the en- tire year. Mountains Mountains are Vital for our Lives A Meet 80-year-old Turkmen Jeweler holam Agh is the name of a 80-year-old artist who has devoted 60 years of his life to creating Turkmen jewelry and teach- ing the art to next generations in Gonbad Ka- vus, northern Golestan province. Currently, he is retired and his sons run the workshop. G