Bosnian-American Islamic Cultural Center Opening, Hartford
Date2018 August 25
Mediumborn digital video
DimensionsDuration: 2 Minutes, 36 Seconds
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
DescriptionVideo of part of the opening ceremony for the Bosnian-American Islamic Cultural Center on Franklin Avenue in Hartford on August 25, 2018. Singing can be heard in the video.
Object number2015.196.724.2
CopyrightIn Copyright
NotesSubject Note: Greater Hartford is now home to several thousand Bosnians, many coming here as refugees from the war in the former Yugoslavia in the mid-late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2018, the Bosnian community opened a new mosque, the Bosnian-American Islamic Cultural Center, at 595 Franklin Avenue in Hartford. The new building, which houses educational classrooms, cooking and washing facilities, gathering spaces as well as the mosque itself, renovated the existing mosque that the community opened in 2007. The opening event on August 25 was attended by over one thousand Bosnian Muslims from all across the United States, and the ceremony and dedication were led by many visiting and local imams, as a sign of the significance of the occasion. The event included tours of the center and a meal provided to all who attended. The Center hosts daily prayer services, classes, discussion groups, special events, and community gatherings. The Bosnian-American Youth Association of Hartford, which aims to help the Bosnian community preserve its culture and history while expanding intercultural relations, is based there as well.Additional photographic and video materials are present in the CCHAP archive relating to this event, this community, and the artists.
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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