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Programs: Mahrajan Lebanese Heritage Festival
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Programs: Mahrajan Lebanese Heritage Festival

Distributor (American, founded 1915)
Date1994-2015
MediumPaper
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
CopyrightIn Copyright
Object number2015.196.55.18-.32
Description2015.196.55.18: program booklet, 35th Annual Festival Mahrajan Lebanese Heritage Festival, 1994

2015.196.55.19a-b: (a) program booklet and (b) insert, 36th Annual Festival Mahrajan Lebanese Heritage Festival, 1995

2015.196.55.20a-b: (a) program booklet and (b) insert, 37th Annual Festival Mahrajan Lebanese Heritage Festival, 1996

2015.196.55.21: program booklet, 38th Annual Festival Mahrajan Lebanese Heritage Festival, 1997

2015.196.55.22a-c: (a) program booklet and (b-c) inserts, 39th Annual Festival Mahrajan Lebanese Heritage Festival, 1998

2015.196.55.23a-d: (a) program booklet and (b-d) inserts, 40th Annual Mahrajan (Festival), 1999

2015.196.55.24: program booklet, 42nd Annual Mahrajan (Festival), 2001

2015.196.55.25a-b: (a) program booklet and (b) insert, 45th Annual Mahrajan (Festival), 2004

2015.196.55.26a-b: (a) program booklet and (b) insert, 47th Annual Mahrajan (Festival), 2006

2015.196.55.27: program booklet, 48th Annual Mahrajan (Festival), 2007

2015.196.55.28a-b: (a) program booklet and (b) insert, 50th Annual Mahrajan (Festival), 2009

2015.196.55.29: program booklet, 51st Annual Mahrajan, 2010

2015.196.55.30: program booklet, 52nd Annual Mahrajan, 2011

2015.196.55.31: program booklet, 55th Annual Mahrajan, 2014

2015.196.55.32: program booklet, 56th Annual Mahrajan, 2015
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.

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.
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