Curves of Iran
Art, Creativity & Culture
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Special Interest, U, 01-Jan-2015
To the people asking: "Why do you want to go to Iran?", show them this video! The narration explains the whole thing: "Curves are everywhere in Eastern culture: our writing, our architecture, our instruments, the way we dance; even the tone of our language is curved. The West was built on angles. The East was built on curves."
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