Ridvan celebrates Baha’u’llah’s time in 1863 in the garden of Ridvan in Baghdad when He publicly declared His station as a Manifestation of God. The Ridvan Festival is 12 days long and is also the time of year when Baha’is elect their governing bodies.
The First Australian Baha’i Choral Festival was held between 3-6 September, 2015, at the Baha’i House of Worship in Sydney, and this video chronicles the process and the event, with a focus on the powerful spiritual effects of the experience on audience and participants alike.
The event was the culmination of more than 75 singers from all over Australia, Germany, Kosovo, New Zealand and the United States, learning the music in their homes and coming together for three days of intensive rehearsals to bring together a beautiful concert of sacred music at the Sydney Baha’i temple in many different languages and styles.
You can get involved with this year’s festival and find out more about the event, by going to the festival website (www.bahaichoralfestival.org.au) and by following it here on Facebook.
Naysan is passionate about using the arts and media to explore the teachings of the Baha’i Faith. Back in 2011, Naysan started up the Baha’i Blog project, channeling his experiences in both media and technology companies to help create a hub for Baha’i-inspired content online.
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