Silk Festival to be held in Torbat-e Heydarieh
The Governor of Torbat-e Heydarieh, Khorasan Razavi Province announced that a Silk Festival will be held on June 11 in the town of Bayg, coinciding with the silkworm breeding and silk production season, as part of efforts to register the silk event on Iran’s national tourism calendar.
Mojtaba Shojaei said the festival will feature a range of programs, including a specialized silk tour, visits to the silkworm breeding department, tours of silk-reeling workshops, a handicrafts exhibition, and a ceremony honoring veterans and pioneers of the silk-reeling industry.
He emphasized that all available resources will be mobilized to ensure the festival is held successfully, allowing the city’s social assets and unique capacities to be properly introduced and recognized, according to chtn.ir.
Shojaei noted that Torbat-e Heydarieh, which produces more than 80 percent of Iran’s silk, is known as the country’s silk capital and the “land of white gold.” He added that the festival will also support efforts to revive the Silk Road route, noting that Torbat-e Heydarieh is a member of the International Tourism Alliance of Silk Road Cities (ITASRC).
He continued that Torbat-e Heydarieh is the only region where the silk tradition remains alive through the operation of more than 300 traditional silk-reeling workshops.
The official added that Torbat-e Heydarieh has historically been located along a branch of the Silk Road, with the existence of 13 caravanserais and traditional inns across the county serving as evidence of this heritage.
He also noted that Bayg and the Besk village have been nationally registered by Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts as the country’s only national silk-reeling town and village, respectively.