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| Norouz Family Weekend at the British Museum, 20th & 21st March 2010 |
| Magic of Persia hosted a wonderfully successful two-day celebration for Norouz at the British Museum in March 2010. Over the two days approximately 40,000 visitors enjoyed an array of musicians, dancers, installations and family workshops against the grand backdrop of the Great Hall.
To view a detailed list of events that took place click here. |
| AKSbazi.com |
| One of the installations that took place over the Norouz Weekend was that of AKSbazi.com; the culmination of an online photography game entitled ‘Spring’. Iranians both inside and outside Iran were invited to participate by submitting photographs of a new beginnings and out of the hundreds of images collected, selected photographs were displayed and onlookers were encouraged to leave their comments. www.AKSbazi.com |
| A Message from Hafez |
| During the Magic of Persia New Year celebrations, visitors also enjoyed a special public art installation by recent Royal College of Art graduates Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad & Mohammad Namazi. The installation brought a first hand account into the plethora of meanings and wordplay within Hafez’s poetry and onlookers interacted with the installation through the age-old tradition of seeking one’s fortune at the advent of Spring through the oracle of Hafez. Concept and Installation Design by: Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad & Mohammad Namazi |
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