CultureFest - Nowruz Celebrates Spring at the Penn Museum

Add to Calendar Event Has Passed 2022-03-19 11:00:00 2022-03-19 16:00:00 America/New_York CultureFest - Nowruz Celebrates Spring at the Penn Museum Part of the Museum’s family-friendly CultureFest! series, Nowruz, or “new day” in Persian, is a festival that celebrates spring, rebirth, and good luck in the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year.   CultureFest! Nowruz activities include:  <ul type="disc"> <li> Live performance from the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.silkroaddance.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=oPaVt7C9Yl8FgUch7KnV5dwwuGQakGLHVFUCnUV2ctw&m=2Rj-j9VW6YtmzV_HLO-U9x8Us6xvVLHx3X3a9ea3mf8&s=__TtiCeXutOTjp_z8tuI5Xwn4N1UPwRz9s5UZLcYhco&e=">Silk Road Dance Company</a> </li> <li> Middle Eastern drumming workshops with Arabic, Armenian, and Turkish music </li> <li> Tours of the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.penn.museum_exhibitions_galleries-2Dand-2Dexhibitions_middle-2Deast-2Dgalleries&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=oPaVt7C9Yl8FgUch7KnV5dwwuGQakGLHVFUCnUV2ctw&m=2Rj-j9VW6YtmzV_HLO-U9x8Us6xvVLHx3X3a9ea3mf8&s=brWf-foptE67vWWN9KBxqgOMebs4i2jXv6P-8ObcGpM&e=">Middle East Galleries</a> with a <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.penn.museum_visit_tours_global-2Dguides&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=oPaVt7C9Yl8FgUch7KnV5dwwuGQakGLHVFUCnUV2ctw&m=2Rj-j9VW6YtmzV_HLO-U9x8Us6xvVLHx3X3a9ea3mf8&s=UyS1XmJbQanN7ryvlAFHe_lkifgKi2hO-AWPIzmho1c&e=">Global Guide</a> originally from Iraq or Syria </li> <li> A “Daily Dig” (15-minute pop-up talk about an artifact) in the Middle East Galleries </li> <li> “Chaharshanbeh Suri” fire jumping with the Drexel Persian Student Association </li> <li> Craft workshops, including the “Haft seen,” an arrangement of seven symbolic items traditionally displayed at Nowruz, “egg” decorating, and “goldfish” designs </li> <li>Storytelling with Arsia Rozegar, author of <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__shahnamehforkids.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=oPaVt7C9Yl8FgUch7KnV5dwwuGQakGLHVFUCnUV2ctw&m=2Rj-j9VW6YtmzV_HLO-U9x8Us6xvVLHx3X3a9ea3mf8&s=BUotZICzLps_6EgsvKjEwGOIhJHYPqtZmoGOrHAObBY&e=">Shahnameh for Kids</a>, and </li> <li> A Persian bazaar </li> </ul> CultureFest - Nowruz Celebrates Spring at the Penn Museum, 3260 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Sat, Mar 19 2022, 11am - 4pm

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Part of the Museum’s family-friendly CultureFest! series, Nowruz, or “new day” in Persian, is a festival that celebrates spring, rebirth, and good luck in the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year.

CultureFest! Nowruz activities include:

Live performance from the Silk Road Dance Company
Middle Eastern drumming workshops with Arabic, Armenian, and Turkish music
Tours of the Middle East Galleries with a Global Guide originally from Iraq or Syria
A “Daily Dig” (15-minute pop-up talk about an artifact) in the Middle East Galleries
“Chaharshanbeh Suri” fire jumping with the Drexel Persian Student Association
Craft workshops, including the “Haft seen,” an arrangement of seven symbolic items traditionally displayed at Nowruz, “egg” decorating, and “goldfish” designs
Storytelling with Arsia Rozegar, author of Shahnameh for Kids, and
A Persian bazaar

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The Penn Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
United States