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Category: Celebrations

Grace Jan's Chinese school class performing for Lunar New Year
February 16, 2021February 16, 2021

Lunar New Year: Lessons From Chinese School

Chinese New Year, Chinese school, dance, holiday traditions, Lunar New Year, parents, performance
February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Happy Losar!

Alice S. Kandell Collection, Buddhism, Losar, Lunar New Year, Sikkim, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan New Year
Zhongshan Going on Excursion
February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Zhong Kui and the Lunar New Year

Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Shoki, Zhong Kui, Zhongshan
Lion dance in a crowd as viewed from a stage
February 9, 2021February 8, 2021

Lion Dancing for Lunar New Year

Chinese New Year, Lion Dance, Lion Dancing, Lunar New Year, New Year
One of a pair of “Door Guardian” prints. This one portraying Yuzhi Gong. Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection, FSC-GR-626.
February 2, 2021February 2, 2021

Memories of a Lunar New Year Past

celebrations, Chinese New Year, Door gods, family traditions, holidays, Lunar New Year
setting with buddha statues and many candles
May 14, 2018March 25, 2020

Capturing Buddhist Practice around DC

Buddhism, Family Day
A Haft sin table at the Freer|Sackler's annual Nowruz celebration
March 9, 2018March 25, 2020

Celebrating the Persian New Year

Nowruz
Palace Women and Children Celebrating the New Year
March 5, 2018March 25, 2020

Embracing the Year of the Dog

Lunar New Year
square detail from A Perfect Harmony rendering
October 6, 2017March 25, 2020

Behind the Scenes: A Perfect Harmony

F2006.7
July 31, 2017December 18, 2020

ImaginAsia: Celebrating Stories from the Persian Book of Kings

Nowruz
March 3, 2016March 25, 2020

A New Day: Celebrating Nowruz

Nowruz
March 6, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Nasta‘liq

calligraphy, digitization, F1931.20, F1942.15b, Friday Fave, Nowruz
March 8, 2014March 25, 2020

Xanthe Gresham: Telling Tales from the Shahnama

Nowruz
April 12, 2013March 25, 2020

Hiaaaaa! Drumroll, Please!

Cherry Blossom Festival, Japan
April 5, 2013March 25, 2020

Celebrating Nowruz in Cities Ancient and Modern

Babylon, Nowruz, Persepolis, Persia
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Rustam rescues Bijan from the pit; recto: text
April 2, 2013March 25, 2020

Inspired by Storytelling

Nowruz, S1986.267, Shahnama
March 6, 2012March 25, 2020

Happy Nowruz!

Nowruz
Storyteller Xanthe Gresham
March 2, 2012March 25, 2020

Xanthe Gresham and the Art of Storytelling

Nowruz, storytelling, Xanthe Gresham
February 28, 2012March 25, 2020

Azar Nafisi: My Father’s Shahnameh

Nowruz
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