Naw-Ruz celebrations...

Naw-Ruz costume party at Brilliant Stars class...




































With the Filipino friends after the Holy Day programme...















Naw-Ruz dinner with the lovely families (Thornes, Mora-Pradas, Kerstens & Laroyas)...

Happy Naw-Rúz!

Naw-Rúz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Bahá'í calendar. Bahá'ís all over the world celebrate it as a festive day. We had a pretty busy weekend. On Thursday at the Rose Garden class, the children had a special lesson about Naw-Rúz, did some crafts and ate delicious snacks. Some older siblings were there too so it was really a big party. It was also Tara's first time to come to the class. Then in the evening, the Laroya family and Necati joined us for dinner at the mall. We had a delightful dinner in one of the restaurants there and later treated ourselves with ice-cream (ooh, what a nice feeling after fasting!). On Friday, we went to the Naw-Rúz programme. That evening we hosted a dinner together with the Burias family for the visiting friends Josie Galehr with husband Hubert, and Corinne Padilla and husband Kevin. Josie is a good friend of Menchie's mom back home, she is living with her husband in Austria. Our friends Corinne and Kevin were both serving at the World Centre before, they moved to Holland after they finished their term and are now settling in Ireland. Saturday event was a beach party organized by the Filipino friends.

Happy Naw-Rúz everyone. Enjoy once more our photos...