Love Fest Pics (Southern California 2006)

[Rasputin]

Love Fest.

Photo essay: Mehregan festival in Southern California

[Rasputin]

Second Part

[abadani69]

nice, jaye man khali

[Rasputin]

III part... Baba cheh khabarehhhhhhh ,.,. :=)


A Note : This thread is Sticky For 3 Days .

[Sepideh_UK]

Wooow

Mersi Siamak agha.

[Parinaz_M]

mer30 sia joon
axa kheyli ghashangan

[Rasputin]

جشن مهرگان بعد از جشن نوروز بزرگترين جشن پارسيان بوده است. اين جشن از زمان هخامنشيان متداول بوده ودر دوره های مختلف با نگرش های گوناگونی روبه رو بوده است که بعد از يک وقفه طولانی ايرانيان لس آنجلس دوباره شروع به برگزاری اين جشن کردند و اين يازدهمين سال برگزاری فستيوال مهرگان است که در منطقه اورنج کانتی در جنوب لس آنجلس در روزهای شنبه و يکشنبه ٩ و ١٠ سپتامبر برپا شد.
در واقع جشن مهرگان جشنی وابسته به طبيعت است که از الهه مهر پارسيان و الهه عشق و دانايی الهام می گيرد. اين جشن در فصل برداشت محصول برگزار می شده و شايد بتوان آنرا با جشن شکرگزاری در آمريکا مقايسه کرد.



ورودی زيبا به وسيله تابلوهايی از نقش برجسته های هخامنشی و اطلاعات تاريخی تزيين شده بود



امسا ل بخش ورودی فستيوا ل به کوروش کبير پايه گذار سلسله هخامنشيان و خا لق "منشور کوروش" که به عنوان اولين اعلاميه حقوق بشر شناخته شده اختصاص يافته بود که ماکت بزرگی از آن در بخش مربوط به گراميداشت کوروش قرار داشت. اين منشور در سال ١٨٧٩ در بابل کشف شد و در موزه بريتانيا نگهداری می شود.



تعدادی از مردم با علاقه اطلاعات نوشته شده در زير تابلوها را می خواندند



منطقه وسيعی به اين فستيوال اختصاص داده شده بود که انتظار می رفت از علائم بيشتری برای راهنمايی مردم به قسمت های مختلف فستيوال استفاده شود.



در ادامه غرفه هايی از دوازده استان ايران در مسير قرار داشت که لباسهای محلی خود را پوشيده بودند.



در اين غرفه ها تصاوير و لوازم به نمايش درآمده، اطلاعاتی درباره آداب و رسوم هر استان به بازديد کنندگان می دادند.



مردم با کمال تعجب با نفربری روبه رومی شدند که در کنار آن غرفه ای وجود داشت که چندين نفر با لباس نظامی اطلاعاتی درباره پيوستن به ارتش به مردم می داد و از آنجايی که بزرگسالان خاطرات بسيار تلخی از جنگ داشتند با احتياط به اين غرفه سوال برانگيز نزديک می شدند و از دور به بازی کودکان بر روی اين نفربر نظامی نگاه می کردند.



موسيقی مدرن و سنتی در چندين صحنه مختلف اجرا می شد.



بخش موسيقی سنتی شعر خوانی با خواننده ها و نوازنده های موسيقی سنتی و رقص های محلی با لباسهای محلی را شامل می شد.



موسيقی پاپ شامل خوانندگان و گروه های رقص بسياری بود.



تعداد محدودی از مردم برای خواندن اطلاعات نوشته شده بر روی تابلوها وقت می گذاشتند و بيشتر آنها به غرفه های بسياری از مشاغل وهنرها تنها نگاهی گذارا می انداختند، در حاليکه گفته شد فستيوال در اين دو روز حدود ٣٠ هزار نفر بازديد کننده داشته است.



تابلوی بزرگی از سرباز معروف هخامنشی که مشت بسته آن مقياس اندازه گيری در آن زمان بوده است که هم عرض يک آجر معمولی می باشد.

[Sepideh_UK]

Eyval.
Kheily bahal bud.
I wish i was there

[donsaeid]

kasi tonest golgolo peyda kone man aksesho peyda kardam inja

[abadani69]

saeid, golgol too mehragane Orange county bood, na too San diego. begard bebin Horiye(laughter) ro peida mikoni ya na

[golgol85]

mersi for the pics siamak! I wasnt able to go this year because of my finals and studying, but i have gone in previous years. migam shahremoon khoobe biyain hamatoon inja, aslan fekr nemikonin ke iran nistin. saied i am not in these pictures, vali in last years mehregan picture at night in front of the stage i actually can be seen in the picture arman, these are pics of the orange county mehregan.

[Rasputin]

Ba sepas az zahamat-e afradi keh emsal ham kheili zahmat keshidan va in jash-e melli va ghadimi ro dobareh bar gharar kardan .

Az taraf-e digeh baz khosh halam keh hezbolahihayeh L.A,natunestan in jashn ro beh ham berizan va khejalat keshidan va ho shodan va beh sourakhashun panah avordan !

Javid Parsian. Javid Iran .

[Rasputin]

MEHREGAN FESTIVAL IN O.C. THANKS TO NIPOC

This past weekend was the 11th Annual Mehregan Festival in Orange County organized by Network of Iranian-American Professionals of Orange County (NIPOC). Since my friends and I had heard so much about this Huge Iranian gathering from several different sources, we decided to go and check it out for ourselves. We rented a car from San Jose Airport and jammed all five of us in a Sedan and headed to Orange County on Friday night. Due to everyone’s schedules we didn’t actually get of town until about 11pm. After several stops for liquid and food purposes we arrived at our hotel at 5am. In a way this was good since we avoided a lot of traffic, but it was hard on the three drivers one of which slept the whole way down!
At 9am on Saturday morning (September 9th, 2006) we grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed to the Orange County Fairgrounds so that we wouldn’t miss a thing. We started getting excited when we saw all the signs for the festival from when we got off the freeway. I started snapping pictures almost immediately. I wanted to capture all the excitement for everyone else who wasn’t fortunate enough to make it to this event.
Once we paid for our tickets and stepped inside, we were greeted by the beautiful decorations signifying the Persian Festival of Mehregan. There were make shift versions of the Persepolis ruins, the Cyrus’ Declaration of Human Rights, and the tomb of Cyrus the Great. There were booths representing all the different provinces in Iran and the different tribes. You could walk in and learn about the costumes, foods, traditions, etc of each province. I have to say that the Kurdish booth was the most exciting since there were so many Kurds there with their costumes on and teaching people the steps in their dances.
There was an area where different artists had their art for display and sale. Inside the exhibition hall were all the different merchants, publications, professional services, advertising their products and talents.
There were four different stages for music and dance performances. It was really hard to try to see everything. Although I tried, thanks to comfortable shoes so I can run from one stage to another, but I know that I definitely missed a lot. There was one performance area where it was mainly for kids with several tents catering only to the little ones or the playful adults! One stage had more traditional music and or more oldies style music; the seating at this stage was really nostalgic too since it was set up with beds and rugs over them just like “Darakeh” or other similar fun places. The MC at this one was hilarious since in between performances he would tell jokes, making fun of almost all the different people of Iran; he would take requests from the audience as to which people to make fun of. At the stage that was more in the center of the park, there was mostly dance performances. The main concert stage didn’t start till almost sun down and it showcased the newer musicians and pop groups. There was also a tent that was set up like a night club where old and young were dancing to the newest Persian Hits.
Lastly there was the food, you could almost get anything your heart desired. Unfortunately i didn’t eat much because I was afraid that I would miss something. But I did see the corn on the Cobs, Aash, Kabobs, rose water ice creams, etc being devoured by people around me; thanks to our taarof tradition; I did sample a few things while on the go.


Most of the photos I took are self-explanatory, but if you have any questions, please email me and I would be more than happy to explain!
I had a great time, and I hope to be able to go to this Festival every year. When we got back to our hotel, I passed out from exhaustion and then we headed back home the next day through the fires on Highway 5.
For anyone planning to go next year, I recommend that you plan to go both days, so you can relax and have ample time to take everything in. For those of you who live outside of Southern California, I hope from these photos you get a taste of what it is like to be there.

I just want to say Khasteh Nabashin to the NIPOC organizers and Volunteers. Thank you for such a fun and informative event.

[donsaeid]

ina golgol! khodet onja bodi ama khabar nadari

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inam akse arman va sia

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[golgol85]

hehe oon man nistam, but she is a pretty girl
Joda az shookhi migam, i really am in the picture that nipoc sent out in the flyers (the picture at night that is in front of the stage).