By george wesley dannells on Mar 25, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(0)
“…mambo music (there was a live band, I danced).” Michael
The three participants in the Year of Faith project, featured here previously, have all finished their fast, attended the Naw Ruz celebration with the Baha’is of West Vancouver, Canada, with several written posts about the experience submitted as evidence. Michael danced the mambo. -gw
She said something that hit home, something I whole heartedly believed: “Man is a talisman.”
Hopefully we will be able to get involved with a study circle to learn more about the faith from fellow adherents.
Michael, “Happy Naw Ruz,” Year of Faith
Suffice to say the Baha’i community is very welcoming.
Sara, “In celebration of Norouz,” Year of Faith
By george wesley dannells on Mar 25, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(0)
Happy Naw-Ruz 164 or 1386 or 2007! Here is another smattering of Naw-Ruz blog-citings, Part Adieu to the holiday. -gw
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The Baha’i faith marked the start of its calendar on March 20, the spring equinox itself, with a holiday called Norouz .
Yaakov, “Bunny Rabbits,” The Dry Bones Blog
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My
n e i g h b o r s
are members of the Baha’i Faith, and invited me to celebrate Naw-Ruz at an open house this afternoon.
Broadsheet, “Happy Baha’i Naw-Ruz,” Broadsheet
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I am delighted to send all members of the Baha’i community my best wishes for a Happy New Year.
Tony Blair in “Tony Blair e David Cameron,” Povo de Baha, and “Baha’is of UK receive greetings from Tony Blair,” Barnabas quotidianus
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We celebrated by going to a small game reserve in Chisamba with a number of Baha’i friends.
“Oh Dear, ” Luckybeans: Life with Three Zambian Monkeys
Chisamba
By george wesley dannells on Mar 22, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(1)
“Persian Rice,” uploaded on 21 May 2006 by laceilbleu on flickr
The fast is over and people can eat … tadiq. -gw
The one verra bad part of the night….Shahla cooked some amazing Persian rice with … lots of saffron and those yummy tart little berries. As I was coming around the table with the food, this new Baha’i lady got in front of me and got the last of the tadiq…I almost cried 
Meels, “Persification Pt. 1,” MySpace
By george wesley dannells on Mar 22, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(1)
I never met-a-phor I didn’t like! -gw
Sherna, a Baha’i member, explained that in her religion they view life as a weaving, where the warp is destiny and the threads, colors and textures we select to weave the woof are choice. Such a wonderful metaphor! How would our human brains ever be able to understand complex matters without metaphor?
Bottom left photo: “a black hmong women is weaving her next creation, such as those made by her at the background,” uploaded on September 25, 2006 by biroe
All photos on flickr
By george wesley dannells on Mar 21, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(0)
This post opening constitutes in itself a lovely vignette. -gw
Today was the next to last of our Evensong/Supper/Bible Study sessions for Lent. After Evensong (during which I discovered that the front Epistle-side pew is missing one of its two kneelers) we had a pleasant supper of the Millers’ meatless chili (*very* delicious if un-Texan!), cornbread and Debra’s excellent potato salad. Amusingly, Kathy prefers Debra’s and Debra prefers Kathy’s — they’re both good, just very different.
Kathy reminded us that today is Norooz, Persian New Year. I know she’d been delivering roses to our Iranian friends: Muslim, Christian and Baha’i alike.
“The Last (light) Supper,” Continuing Home: The ongoing saga of a Continuing Anglican church home, as seen by a member of the laity
By george wesley dannells on Mar 21, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(0)
This is the “traditional” Naw-Ruz song sung every year in our community. -gw
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
My, oh my, what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine headin’ my way
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Mister Bluebird’s on my shoulder
It’s the truth, it’s actual
Ev’rything is satisfactual
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Wonderful feeling, feeling this way
© 1945 Walt Disney Music Company
By george wesley dannells on Mar 20, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(0)
Here is a description of the Chinese New Year’s commemoration. Here is a description of Naw-Ruz, the Baha’i New Year’s. -gw
Naw Ruz. 之前有提過我參加一個小型讀書會，是有關Baha’i。I have mentioned before participating in a small study, the Baha ‘i. 不可否認，這是很好的一個Religion。Undeniably, this is a good one Religion. 它是要把所有的愛散撥在這世上，而且把所有人連結在一起。It is necessary to allocate all the love in this world casual, but everyone together. （很難Translate…..）(Translate difficult …..) 總之大概就是這樣。This is probably short. 但是因為某些原因，我實在不適合這個宗教，我還是暫時prefer無神論。But for some reason, I really do not fit the religious, I still prefer atheism temporarily. 今天是Baha’i的New Year。Today is the Baha ‘i the New Year. 他們稱作Naw Ruz。They called Naw Ruz.
skyblue2501, “Naw Ruz,” No more love, no more cry
By george wesley dannells on Mar 20, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(2)
Life is a collage. This is sort of a theme on Baha’i Views. So here is a Naw-Ruz collage, thanks to several of the blog search-engines I depend on to do this blog. -gw
Happy Naw-Ruz!
2 hours ago by arthra on Interfaith forums
This song is for world peace
CaT & DuCK by catnduck · 4 hours ago
Glorious Naw-Ruz
8 hours ago by Barney on Barnabas quotidianus
Are You Happy?
11 hours ago by Phillipe Copeland on Bahá’íThought: Religion, Race, Psychology and Social Order
Happy Norooz and Spring Equinox!
Sanieh’s Blog · 14 hours ago
Joyous Naw Ruz
14 hours ago by Szue Fei
Happy Naw-Ruz
17 hours ago by poetryofpeace on religion « WordPress.com Tag Feed
kebab it up for naw-ruz
Sun, Mar 18 2007 4:34 PM by dragfyre on doberman pizza. a baha’i blog.
Baha’i New Year ushers in spring
Wed, Mar 14 2007 8:41 PM by shane on U.S. Bahai News Headlines
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Image: “Jazzy steel drummer: Photographed March (2003?) at a Naw Ruz (New Year’s) celebration for the Bahai Community, Raleigh, North Carolina,” uploaded on February 20, 2007 by dflora_pix on flickr
By george wesley dannells on Mar 19, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(0)
Two moving vignettes from Chandra, one recent, one not so. -gw
The fast is on its third day before Naw Ruz enters our homes with her eyes brimming with Spring. My mother and I wake up every morning quarter to seven. I make us tea to share, she eats eggs on toast, I eat toast with fig jam and tahini. We sit across from each other at the small table by the window and I pull stories from between her lips of my childhood. My favorite ones are from age three. I used to dance and sing on the balcony, and afterwards bow and thank an imaginary crowd as she would walk to her dance class across the street, meanwhile my grandmother would be inside laughing.
Chandra, Sunday, March 04, 2007, tras la ventana
My uncle Earl has passed away due to complications with diabetes on wednesday at 12:30 p.m. He had long braids that went to his waist with leather tied at the ends, a cowboy hat and boots, bone necklace button up cowboy shirt, a real pow wow man. At the stampede the Europeans would take pictures of him and he’d laugh about it later, ‘All these white people must think I live in a teepee all year round!” He was always joking, even when I first met him when I was three years old he played tricks on me, … but I always liked him. He was very charismatic.
He was also prominent member of both the Baha’i and Aboriginal community.This is going to be my first Baha’i funeral.
I feel wierd because I am going to Haifa Israel on pilgrimage in his place. I just feel wierd altogether. It hasn’t sunken in at all. I made the choice to not be sad rather remember that he is with our ancestors now and is with us in the metaphysical sense. Everytime someone I know dies I feel like the phsyical barrier that was between us before has been broken and they can see into my soul. I’ve called on them all before, I feel them with me during difficult times. I can almost hear them. It’s strange to have more of a relationship with someone after they’ve passed away more than when they were alive. It feels like cool hands on guilts feverish forhead or a moth eaten blanket.
Chandra, Friday, November 24, 2006, tras la ventana
By george wesley dannells on Mar 19, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(0)
Some bloggers seem well-informed of Baha’i beliefs. -gw
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Coming again. All major religions predict the return of their particular prophets. This has, however, never happened - unless you use the Baha’i view that each new prophet is actually the ‘return’ of the previous ones. The Jews were looking for Someone when Christ appeared. The Christians are still looking and Muhammad taught over six centuries ago. The Moslems are looking for Someone and the Báb and Bahá’u'lláh appeared 164 years ago.
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It’s in the Bible and the Baha’i Faith and probably many other places - deeds not words (or appearances). Don’t tell me, show me what you can do. .
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