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Penn Museum's Peace around the World Celebration Ushers in Holiday Season

18th Annual Peace around the World:
Penn Museum's Free Family Holiday Celebration
Sunday Afternoon December 1

18^th Annual Peace around the World: Penn Museum’s,  2014-Sunday, December 1  

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 We are going since 2011.

PHILADELPHIA 2013—Get into the holiday spirit with a “passport” for peace! Circle family and friends and head to the Penn Museum for the free 18th annual Peace around the World holiday celebration Sunday, December 1, 1:00 – 4:00pm. Guests receive Museum “passports” with itineraries to visit six cultures via six speakers[PD1]  and explore holiday traditions from around the world. The afternoon also features storytelling, a calming yoga session, henna hand art, balloon art, facepainting[PD2]  and international family crafts which enable guests to offer their personal wishes for peace and unity, and free treats for children!

“This joyful and distinctively international celebration is Penn Museum’s holiday ‘gift’ to our community,” said Dr. Julian Siggers, Penn Museum Director. “We open our doors in the spirit of cultural understanding and in the hope we all have for a world at peace.”

The Museum’s all-volunteer Women’s Committee, the International Classroom Program, Restaurant Associates, Penn Museum’s exclusive caterer and operator of the Pepper Mill Café, and Wilmington Trust are sponsors of the celebration. Guests are invited to bring a new, unwrapped toy donation to join in the Museum’s efforts to support the Penn Volunteers in Public Service during their holiday drive for West Philadelphia charities.

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 [PD1]International speakers

 [PD2]Face painting two words??

Rita Sheth and Sudha Ganesh, Bhartiya Vidalaya Cultural Center, focus on Diwali—the Festival of Lights. During Diwali, lights are lit to celebrate the victory of good over evil and welcome Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Ms. Sheth, originally from Gujarat, India, introduces Garba—the folk dance of Gujarat (a Western Indian state) and a traditional dance of Diwali. Ms. Ganesh, originally from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, demonstrates the arts of sari-wrapping and Rangoli (sand art). Nrutika Sankar, Leena Chakraborty, Sonal Makwana, and children from the Bhartiya Vidalaya Cultural Center, offer a rhythmic dance performance to Indian music inspired by Bengali writer and 1913 Nobel Prize Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, starting at 2:00 pm. Guests are invited to learn bhangra and garba during the folk dance workshop.

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