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SUMMARY:Simorgh Dance Holiday Celebration and Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Dance Workshop\, Silk Road Bazaar\, Social Dancing\, and more…\nJoin the Simorgh Dance Community for our annual holiday party and fundraiser. Learn and enjoy some traditional folk dances of the Silk Road\, take home some ethnic treasures from a Silk Road bazaar\, enjoy refreshments and sweets\, enjoy dance performances and live music\, then celebrate in a Silk Road dance party. \nAll proceeds help benefit the work of the Simorgh Dance Collective.  \nSilk Road Dance Workshop\nThis year\, we will be teaching fun traditional and modern Armenian line dances\, including some that have been influenced by Assyrian and Greek cultures. The dances will be taught by guest instructor Armen Gabrielian. All levels of skill will be accommodated. \nSilk Road Bazaar\nVisit our Silk Road Bazaar with specialty ethnic clothing\, hand-made articles\, veils\, and jewelry for sale from our travels to Iran\, Azerbaijan\, Kurdistan\, Turkey\, and Uzbekistan. Come browse for rare and unusual ethnic costume dresses\, skirts\, vests\, and more\, vintage as well as new and unused\, from our company collection.  \nDance Performances\nEnjoy exciting performances of Silk Road folk dances as members of the Simorgh Dance Collective and the Aylan Azeri Dance Group showcase dances with live music during our evening holiday celebration.   \nDance Party\nAfter the workshops join friends in dance and stay for our Silk Road dance party! \nAdmission\nSuggested Donation: $10  \nInstructor\nArmen Gabrielian has more than 30 years of experience in folk dancing on the East Coast\, in Southern California and more recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has attended four dance workshops in Greece and a dance seminar in Armenia. He has taught at Ashkenaz in Berkeley and at various dance groups in the Bay Area. \nThe Simorgh Dance Collective is a world community of artists devoted to educate and present traditional\, classical\, and sacred dance styles of the Silk Road. Since 2007\, it is the first Iranian dance collective to be led by an Iranian woman. It is also honored to be the first Persian dance company to perform during a reception for President Obama. It currently has member companies and artist affiliations in Alaska\, Canada\, Turkey\, UK\, Iran\, and the US. simorghdance.com
URL:https://farimadance.com/event/holiday-party-and-bazaar/
LOCATION:Center for Creative Living\, 1460 Koll Circle\, Suite C\, San Jose\, CA\, 95112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Party,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Yalda:  A Celebration of Light
DESCRIPTION:Join us for ancient Iranic rituals celebrating Yalda (winter solstice)\, the longest night of the year and the birth of Mithra. \nShab-e Yalda (Yalda Night) is the Persian Winter Solstice Celebration on the eve of the Winter Solstice. The Persians believed that this night is the night of the birth of Ahura Mazda and Mithra\, Persian God of Light and Truth. He was born on the morning of the longest night of the year. \nThis outside gathering will be accompanied by sacred sounds and music\, poetry reading\, Zoroastrian mantras and prayers\, ancient Zoroastrian blessing rituals\, Persian mystical dance\, and light Yalda treats! \nWe will be meeting at the gazebo of Oak Meadow Park\, Los Gatos. When you arrive please be considerate and find a place on the picnic tables nearby to put your belongings rather than on the floor of the gazebo. \nFarima Berenji\nMagi (Ancient Iranic Shamanic Master)\, Dervish and Sufi Dance Master. \nFarima is an award winning\, internationally acclaimed performing artist\, instructor\, dance ethnologist\, and archeologist. Recognized as one of few world experts and scholars of Persian dance history\, Farima infuses spirituality into her dance and teachings to impassion\, empower\, and inspire. A Dervish and travels worldwide to research\, perform\, teach\, and inspire dynamic creativity and rejuvenation through dance. Farima is founder and artistic director of the Simorgh Dance Collective\, a member of the International Dance Council (CID-UNESCO)\, and a 2018 TEDx lecturer.
URL:https://farimadance.com/event/yalda-a-celebration-of-light/
LOCATION:Oak Meadow Park Gazebo\, 233 Blossom Hill Rd.\, Los Gatos\, CA\, 95032\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meditation Gathering (Sema)
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SUMMARY:Christmas and its Zoroastrian Origins
DESCRIPTION:A Lecture by Scholar and Ethnologist\, Farima Berenji\nWe have always known of Christmas on December 25th\, with a traditional decorated tree\, candles\, and gifts. Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ yet its rituals and traditions far precede that time. Unquestionably\, our ancestors adopted the rituals from an ancient Iranian pagan religion known as Mithraism\, a form of nature worship based on the Sun God/Goddess Mithra. \nOn the darkest night of the year (December 20 or 21) legend has it Mithra gives birth to “Light” causing each day thereafter to grow longer until the Summer solstice. In this lecture learn of the remarkable parallels between ancient Mithraism beliefs and rituals to those of Christmas today. \nFarima’s previous holiday lectures at the Center for Creative Living included: The Star of Bethlehem\, The Persian Magi\, and the Birth of Light. \nHosted by the Center for Creative Living\, the program starts at 10am with a song\, prayer\, meditation\, and announcements. About 10:30am\, Farima will be introduced and speak 30 to 40 minutes.  \nFarima Berenji\nCertified and Scholar of International Dance Council-UNESCO\nMagi (Ancient Iranic Shamanic Master)\, Dervish\, and Sufi Dance Master. \nFarima is an award winning\, internationally acclaimed performing artist\, instructor\, dance ethnologist\, and archeologist. Recognized as one of few world experts and scholars of Persian dance history\, Farima infuses spirituality into her dance and teachings to impassion\, empower\, and inspire. A Dervish and travels worldwide to research\, perform\, teach\, and inspire dynamic creativity and rejuvenation through dance. Farima is founder and artistic director of the Simorgh Dance Collective\, a member of the International Dance Council (CID-UNESCO)\, and a 2018 TEDx lecturer. Read more…
URL:https://farimadance.com/event/xmas-origins/
LOCATION:Center for Creative Living\, 1460 Koll Circle\, Suite C\, San Jose\, CA\, 95112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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