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Ghandarva Creations proudly presents a Winter Solstice/festive holiday fete ~ mask and fantastic hat theme~ Friday December 23rd, 2011
“The Roman midwinter holiday, Saturnalia, was both a gigantic fair and a festival of the home. Riotous merry-making took place, and the halls of houses were decked with boughs of laurel and evergreen trees. Lamps were kept burning to ward off the spirits of darkness. Schools were closed, the army rested, and no criminals were executed. Friends visited one another, bringing good-luck gifts of fruit, cakes, candles, dolls, jewellery, and incense. Temples were decorated with evergreens symbolizing life’s continuity, and processions of people with masked and fantastic hats danced through the streets.” (http://www.shambhala.org/arts/fest/unconquered.html) So in the tradition of the Romans … cum with your masks and fantastic hats and let us engage in some riotous merry-making! I hope for this to be an opportunity for friends and lovers (and their friends and lovers) to introduce, explore, and celebrate one another. a little bit of heaven…on earth
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