The Iranian theater group Yasetamam which is currently performing in the Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts, dedicated the two performances of one of its plays Count to One to the mothers of 175 martyred divers of Iran-Iraq war who disappeared in December 1986 and were recently found in a mass grave in Iraq where they were buried alive with tied hands.
Zahra Sabri from the Iranian theater group told Mehr News the play was inspired by acclaimed Persian poet Khayyam while the other work of the group Earth and Wheel was motivated by Rumi's poetry.
The theater group is set to stage its second play Earth and Wheel two times in the Swedish Biennial.
Malmö, the city which is currently hosting the Biennale (which moves from city to city every two years), is the capital and most populous city in Skåne County, and the third largest city in Sweden.
The Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts brings together more than a thousand participants from all parts of the world of theater.
The Swedish performing arts world has a part to play in the Biennial, in performances, seminars, exhibitions, lectures, master-classes, meetings and arrangements of various kinds. A jury selects the performances for the event.
The festival began on May 16 and will run through May 31, 2015 in the Swedish city of Malmö.
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