Giant puppets perform during a parade organized in downtown Tehran on December 17, 2018 to celebrate the opening of the 21st International Storytelling Festival.

Fifteen storytellers, including Oliver Villanove from France, Flor Carnales Bastidas from Spain and Seyda Cevik from Turkey, are participating in the event annually organized by the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.

The festival will run at the institute until December 20. (IRNA/Marzieh Musavi)