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World Textile Bazaar, 18th - 19th November

World Textile Bazaar, 18th - 19th November
Join us for the World Textiles Bazaar here at The Nomads Tent on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th November.

Flights of Fancy: Painted Furniture and Homewares from India

Flights of Fancy: Painted Furniture and Homewares from India
Our selling exhibition of hand painted Indian furniture and homewares opens on Friday 13th October and runs until Sunday 12th November.

Linda Lewin Book Launch at The Nomads Tent, 9th November

Linda Lewin Book Launch at The Nomads Tent, 9th November
We are delighted to be welcoming Linda Lewin to discuss her book, My Faraway Country, Myanmar, the most recent publication from Golden Hare Books.

Pottery of Morocco - Fringe Exhibition 2023

Pottery of Morocco - Fringe Exhibition 2023
Our Edinburgh Fringe exhibition opens Saturday 5th August!

Craft, Culture & Agriculture - A glimpse into the living heritage of Northeast India

Craft, Culture & Agriculture - A glimpse into the living heritage of Northeast India
We are thrilled to welcome back our good friend Anna-Louise Meynell and partner Champak Deka who will be enthralling us with a talk on how the craft, culture and agriculture across Northeast India are inextricably bound together in ways of life that have not changed for generations.

World Textile Day 2023 at Bridge of Allan

World Textile Day 2023 at Bridge of Allan
The Nomads Tent is delighted to be part of this year's World Textile Day Scotland at Bridge of Allan.

Iconic Iran Exhibition. March 2023

Iconic Iran Exhibition. March 2023
2500 years ago Persia came into being under the guiding hand of Cyrus the Great whose empire, marked not by military expansion but by embracing other cultures through trade, reached from the Balkans and Egypt in the west to Central Asia and the Indus Valley in the east.

Iconic Iran Symposium, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th March

Iconic Iran Symposium, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th March
At the heart of Iconic Iran is our Symposium which brings together viewpoints and histories from some of the great authorities in their field.

Iconic Iran NMS Special Collections Study Session

Iconic Iran NMS Special Collections Study Session
A visit to the Reserve Collection at the National Museums Collection Centre led by Friederike Voigt, Principle Curator of West, South and South East Asian Collections at the National Museum of Scotland.

Iconic Iran: Film Night

Iconic Iran: Film Night

'The Sofreh of Kamo' by Ghasem Salimi and 'Chigh' by Reza Mohammad Aslani,  are explored in two excellent documentary films. Both subjects are part of our exhibition.

Iconic Iran: Regional Iranian Music for Santur and Daf with Peyman Heydarian.

Iconic Iran: Regional Iranian Music for Santur and Daf with Peyman Heydarian.
We are thrilled to welcome back to The Nomads Tent, Iranian acclaimed santur virtuoso Peyman Heydarian, whose performance will include Persian, Kurdish, and Azari pieces followed by a solo on daf, a Kurdish frame drum.

ZHINA. Concert of traditional Iranian music with vocals.

ZHINA. Concert of traditional Iranian music with vocals.

Saturday 11th March at 7.30pm Part of Iconic Iran, March 2023. Traditional Iranian music is a beautiful and rich genre with a long history. This concert will consist of two parts, each lasting 30 minutes. The first part will be played in Mahoor (equivalent to western major scale) and the second in Esfahan (equivalent to western minor scale). The concert will feature a variety of Persian love songs played on traditional Iranian instruments such as Kamancheh, Tar and Tombak. Amir Behmanesh (Singer), Ali Rahmani (Tombak, Daf and handpan), Saeed Rezazadeh (Tar and Setar), Hiva (Tar), Rouzbeh Parsa (Kamancheh)  Tickets £12...

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