Flyers: Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan
DistributorDistributed by
Ehden Lebanese American Club
(American, founded 1915)
Date1995-2019
MediumPaper
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
CopyrightIn Copyright
Object number2015.196.55.2-.11
Description2015.196.55.2: flyer, 36th Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 1995
2015.196.55.3: flyer, 38th Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 1997
2015.196.55.4: newsletter, Ehden Lebanese American Club, July 11, 2000, about Mahrajan
2015.196.55.5a-b: flyers, 41st Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 2000
2015.196.55.6: flyer, 42nd Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 2001
2015.196.55.7: flyer, 48th Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 2007 (pink paper)
2015.196.55.8: flyer, 48th Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 2007 (white paper)
2015.196.55.9: postcard flyer, 49th Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 2008
2015.196.55.10: flyer, St. Anthony Maronite Church (Danbury) Lebanese Heritage Festival, Mahrajan, 2019.
2015.196.55.11: flyer, Ehden Lebanese American Club’s Mahrajan, undated
NotesSubject Note: The Lebanese community in Waterbury is primarily Christian, celebrating the Maronite rite in the Antiochene-Syriac tradition within Catholicism. The liturgy is offered in a mixture of Arabic, Syriac and English languages. There are three Maronite churches in Connecticut – Our Lady of Lebanon in Waterbury, St. Maron in Torrington, and St. Anthony in Danbury. The Waterbury Lebanese community traces its origins to the area around the town of Ehden in northern Lebanon. Several families from Ehden immigrated to Waterbury from Ehden in the early 1900s to work in local factories. In 1915, they formed a social club which also held church services; the club became registered with the state in 1948. Priests would travel from St. Maron Church in Torrington to hold Maronite liturgy services, then in 1975 the community established its own Maronite church in Waterbury. Our Lady of Lebanon moved to its present home on East Mountain Rd. in 1982. The Ehden Lebanese Club on the Waterbury-Wolcott border held an annual “Mahrajan” or summer festival annually in August from 1959 to 2018, and the Club also presented a winter “hafli” or party in February for many years to raise funds for its charity activities. These popular social gatherings included Lebanese traditional music, folk dancing, traditional foods, crafts displays and sales, and children’s activities. In 2000, the community added a new event, the Taste of Lebanon, on the grounds of Our Lady of Lebanon, also featuring music, food, a dance group, crafts and hookah sales, raffles, and more. CCHAP has worked with the community for many years, documenting the festivals, assisting the Club with planning for activities, and supporting two apprenticeships in Lebanese liturgical singing led by Nehme Atallah, leader of the choir at Our Lady of Lebanon for many years.2015.196.55.3: flyer, 38th Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 1997
2015.196.55.4: newsletter, Ehden Lebanese American Club, July 11, 2000, about Mahrajan
2015.196.55.5a-b: flyers, 41st Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 2000
2015.196.55.6: flyer, 42nd Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 2001
2015.196.55.7: flyer, 48th Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 2007 (pink paper)
2015.196.55.8: flyer, 48th Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 2007 (white paper)
2015.196.55.9: postcard flyer, 49th Annual Lebanese Festival, Mahrajan, 2008
2015.196.55.10: flyer, St. Anthony Maronite Church (Danbury) Lebanese Heritage Festival, Mahrajan, 2019.
2015.196.55.11: flyer, Ehden Lebanese American Club’s Mahrajan, undated
Additional materials exist in the CCHAP archive for this community.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
Status
Not on view
2002-2010
