TEHRAN – The University of the Philippines Manila (UP Manila) is playing host to an exhibition displaying calligraphy works by Tandis Taqavi from Iran and Taipan Lucero from the Philippines.

The showcase that opened on Saturday has been organized to celebrate Iranian Calligraphy Week.

The artists have created five joint works on the theme of peace for the exhibit named “Harbinger of Peace among Nations”. The exhibition also is hanging other works by the artists. 

Lucero is famous for his self-developed style of calligraphy of Baybayin, the ancient Filipino writing system.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Iran’s cultural attaché, Mohammad Jafari-Malek, said that the exhibit has presented the ancient civilization of Iran, and that the Iranian nation has given the world nothing but peace and friendship.

Maria Bernadette, the dean of the Social Sciences and Philosophy Department at UP Manila, and Taqavi and Lucero were honored next at the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

The Filipino branch of the Iranian Calligraphers Society was launched in Manila in February 2018.

The week-long exhibit has been organized in collaboration with Iran’s Cultural Office in Manila, the Filipino branch of the Iranian Calligraphers Society and the Philippine-Iran Women’s Friendship Society.

Photo: Calligraphers Taipan Lucero (L) from the Philippines and Tandis Taqavi from Iran pose in an undated photo.

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