The celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya attracted a large number of attendees, young and old alike, creating an atmosphere filled with joy and offering an opportunity for individuals to form new...

A group of younger youth in the Somerfield neighborhood of Christchurch have collaborated with friends knowledgeable in Tikanga Māori to design a pou - a traditional Māori post.

The youth...

Vibrant neighbourhood celebrations across India included a musical drama on the life and vision of Bahá’u’lláh in a local language, prayers and devotional songs as well as dances and skits on...

Around 120 people gathered for a bicentenary celebration in Mania, Mozambique. Some of the youth presented a short play for those who had gathered.

In Los Castillos, a small village made up of just 150 families, a community of Zenú indigenous people celebrated the bicentenary with a lively programme including a porro dance – a traditional...

Created by a composer from Sivas, Turkey specifically for the bicentenary celebrations, this musical piece is arranged in the style of a traditional Turkish folksong, known as a türkü.

Catania, Milan, Rome, Portici, and Curtatone are among the communities that held commemorative events over the weekend. Throughout the country, hundreds gathered and enjoyed celebrations filled...

The bicentenary celebrations held at the recently inaugurated local Bahá'í House of Worship in Battambang, Cambodia, attracted more than 1,000 people. Prayer readings in the Temple were...

Around 700 people gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh, with a programme that included choir pieces and a South African gumboot dance....

Members of the Kiriri tribe, an indigenous population in eastern Brazil, honoured the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh with a special Toré ceremony—a tradition in which the community gathers...

A small group of friends from a neighbourhood in Moldova have created songs on the themes of unity, service, and teaching.

In the city of Rahim Yar Khan in the Punjab province of Pakistan, the Bahá’í community gathered to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh.

A community in Greece held an event called “Celebrating Unity in Diversity” for about 200 neighbors and friends.

Friends and families in communities across Guyana gathered together for the weekend celebrations.

Communities in Sabah celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh with music, exhibitions, visits to the homes of community members, and sports.

At the Pulchri Studio in The Hague, guests gathered in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh. The Pulchri Studio also hosted the first conference of the Anti-War Council, later...

A new exhibition at the Bahá’í centre in Singapore recreated the atmosphere of the Ridván Garden.

A reception for the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh was held at the Bahá’í House of Worship in Delhi, India featuring various artistic performances.

In Gran Canaria, an island of the Canary Islands, a group of friends from the neighborhood of Jinamar offered a musical performance for the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh.

Grandparents composed a lullaby for their grandson for the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh. The words were inspired by a story about a dream that Bahá’u’lláh’s father had,...

Through the neighbourhoods of Belti, Botanica, Buiucani, Ciocoville, Dubossari, and Riscanovca in Chișinău, Bahá'í communities welcomed their neighbours and friends to outdoor celebrations,...

In Accra, Ghana, the Bahá'í community hosted a reception at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh with a programme of arts and...

Communities in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea gather at the site where the first national Bahá’í House of Worship is to be constructed.

Cambodia’s postal ministry is marking the 200th anniversary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh with commemorative stamps. The stamps are being designed in collaboration with the national Bahá’í community...

At a celebration held at the Bahá’í centre in Ashgabat, the community called to mind the lives and teachings of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh.

In localities throughout the eastern region of Nepal celebrations drew large numbers for uplifting gatherings. Some 1,500 people joined this gathering.

An academic conference organized by religious studies, philosophy, and cultural studies departments in several Ukrainian universities was held to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of...

The Bahá’í community of Siguatepeque participated in the Flower Festival parade in their community. Their colourful float was decorated with quotations from the teachings of Bahá’u’llah,...

In Rwanda, a bicentenary celebration programme included the traditional Intore dance.

An exhibition on the life of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh welcomed visitors as they entered the Bahá’í House of Worship.

The Bahá’í community in Mafikeng celebrate with beautiful songs on the first day of the Twin Holy Day

Children from a Bahá’í school in Norte del Cauca celebrate the bicentenary with presentations of art work, songs by a choir and traditional costumes and dances.

In the neighbourhoods of Toronto, bicentenary celebrations took place in homes, community centres, parks, and school auditoriums. Communities shared with each other prayers, writings, and accounts...

In the central square of a Madrid neighbourhood, the local community hosted a festival with six tents and an array of outdoor activities.

An array of rich artistic performances – a duet of classical and modern music, a ballroom dance demonstrating the principle of the equality of men and women, an oratorio entitled “O Bahá’u’lláh!,”...

Families in Paranaque, Philippines, helped to organize a children’s festival in their hometown, which was attended by more than 100 children.

The municipality of Rosario City, Argentina, sister city to Haifa, Israel, held a commemoration to honour the Twin Birthdays.

As part of celebrations for the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh, a group of children and youth, along with their teachers, parents, and friends planted an olive tree near a neighborhood...

On the occasion of the bicentenary celebrations in the Holy Land, one of the tents used by Bahá’u’lláh was put on display on the grounds at Bahjí for pilgrims and visitors.

Following...

A dignified, reverent program of music and theatre was held in the city of Pristina in Kosovo. A professional choir and a professional opera singer performed musical pieces for the event. Many of...

In two cities in the Netherlands, the local Bahá’í community donated a lotus tree to the municipality for the occasion of the bicentenary. There were ceremonies for the planting of each tree. In...

Children and youth performed dynamic and spirited dances and songs inspired by local culture and the world-embracing vision of the Faith.

Youth from a region in the Bolivian Andes formed a musical group called Lights of Guidance and produced a DVD with videos of six songs in honour of the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh. ...

The Brazilian city of Mogi Guaçu is marking the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh with a sculpture to be placed in a public square. Suggested by the city’s mayor and designed by a local...

هنرمندان کانادایی، لوسی دوبِه و جیسون بینیا با همراهی شادی طلوعی- والس، یک آلبوم موسیقی شامل برخی از آثار حضرت بهاءالله تحت عنوان "کلمات مکنونه" تهیه وتنظیم کرده‌اند.

On the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh, a group of friends visited an orphanage in South Oakalapa to sing songs and pray with the children.

Children and junior youth from Skjetten, Norway, share art created for a special bicentenary exhibition.

A large reception was held at the National Bahá’í Centre on Friday evening with representatives of diverse religious communities to celebrate the birth of the Báb and mark the beginning of the...

A group of friends from Tshwane, South Africa, created a series of videos for the bicentenary. The videos capture them telling stories, each a unique expression of love for Bahá'u'lláh, in...

A Native American Bahá’í of the Lakota and Anishnabe people performed traditional music and hoop dances at an event honouring the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh as well as Indigenous...

Started 19 years ago, this poem about God's Revelation and the coming of Bahá’ú’lláh was completed for the bicentenary.

A small caravan visited neighbouring communities scattered across the eastern part of Sindh, Pakistan, playing a theme song in the local language created especially for the bicentenary. The visits...

Impressions of Mount Carmel, which Bahá’u’lláh visited during the years He lived in the Holy Land.

Indigenous people in the Asli community of Kampung Chang celebrate the bicentenary with cooperative activities.

بهائیان در کشور سریلانکا، کتابچه‌های متعددی جهت بزرگداشت دویستمین سالگرد تولد حضرت بهاءالله تهیه ‌کرده‌اند.

On the Caribbean island of Dominica, Bahá’í youth in the capital city of Roseau painted a mural on the Bahá’í Centre as a gift for the bicentenary. The community rallied around the project, with...

The city of Tashkent—once an important centre for trade along the ancient silk road—is the capital of Uzbekistan. It is a city of mosques and churches, of beautiful broadways, inviting parks and...

Inspired by concepts and passages from the Bahá’í Writings, as well as moving episodes from the history of the Faith, musicians from across Spain compiled an album of songs for the bicentenary. The...

Thousands attend a bicentenary celebration in Lubumbashi.

In Sulaymaniyyah–a city visited by Bahá’u’lláh during His two year stay in Kurdistan–members of the community celebrated the bicentenary of His birth by performing a dance called “Manifestation,”...

On the first of the twin birthdays a group of young people perform a “Poverty Dance” about abolishing extremes of wealth and poverty.

For the bicentenary, members of the community of Peñalolén gathered at the House of Worship to share prayers, songs, and stories.

Bishkek—the capital of Kyrgyzstan—is a city of wide, tree-lined avenues, surrounded by the beautiful, snowcapped Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountain range. For months, the Bahá’í community there has been...

In Toplita, Romania, a neighbourhood celebration for the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh brought together some 130 diverse people for a joyous event, filled with music and dance. Three...

Songs in Quechua and Spanish composed for the bicentenary by young people after attending an arts and music workshop in July.

1. Mensaje de...

Acts of service have been offered across India in honor of the bicentenary celebrations. In Sambalpur, a junior youth group organized a sickle cell, blood group, and blood pressure check for local...

The Bahá’í community of Aalborg, Denmark, distributed 200 pieces of cake in a public event honoring the bicentenary. The event also included a special banner with the well-known passage of...

The Bahá’í community of the United Kingdom prepared a beautiful booklet to distribute to all those who wish to learn more about Bahá’u’lláh during the bicentenary.

In the city of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, a group of youth wrote poems and songs about Bahá'u'lláh in honour of the bicentenary of His birth.

Lyrics:

Ee Mungu wangu! Ee Mungu wangu! Unganisha mioyo ya watumishi Wako, na uwafunulie kusudi Lako kuu. Waweze kufuata amri Zako na kudumu katika sheria Yako. Uwasaidie, Ee Mungu, katika...

In preparation for the bicentenary in the community of Kiriri in Banzae, Brazil, groups of youth and children have worked on art projects to share with the community at their bicentenary...

At the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm on the evening of 18 October, members of the Bahá’í community talked about the history of the Bahá’í Faith in the country and offered a Bahá’í perspective...

Friends in Goma singing and dancing as they march from the regional center to the city center.

This marked the beginning of the celebrations of the bicentenary of the birth of...

یک کتاب عکاسی در برزیل با عنوان : قبله یک جامعه جهانی به انتشار رسیده که هدف آن نشان دادن زیبائی و عظمت اماکن متبرکه بهائی است.

In central Switzerland, the community of Zug organized a celebration to start the weekend festivities that included devotions and craft activities.

On 19 October Bahá’í representatives met with the President of Trinidad and Tobago, Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona, who signed and presented a message to the Bahá'í community.

The borough of the Bronx in New York City is home to vibrant neighbourhoods and to the hip hop movement which began there in the 1970s. Hip hop, a mix of rhythmic beats and rap lyrics, gave...

بهائیان در جزیرۀ وانواتو، فیلمی در باره تأثیرات عمیقی که تعالیم حضرت بهاءالله بر زندگی شخصی و جامعه آنها داشته تهیه کرده‌اندو بزودی آنرا در شبکۀ تلویزیون ملّی این کشور به نمایش خواهند گذاشت.

در دورترین ساحل شمال ایالت نیو سات ولز در استرالیا، یکی از بهائیان سالخورده چند هفته قبل از وفاتش در بیمارستانی بستری شد. با نزدیک شدن تاریخ دویستمین سالروز ولادت حضرت بهاءالله، این خانم سالخورده...

جامعه بهائی در ایرلند، نود و پنج فیلم کوتاه تهیه کرده است و تا یک روز قبل از سالروز تولد حضرت بهاءالله هر روز یک فیلم نمایش داده میشود. ویدئوهای اینجا، قسمت های کوتاهی از زندگی حضرت بهاءالله را...

به پیروی از اشتیاقی قلبی واحساسات درونی برای رساندن پیام و نحوۀ زندگی حضرت بهاءالله به دوستان و خانواده، گروهی از جوانان شهر پونه در هندوستان تصمیم گرفتند گروه تئاتری تاسیس کنند. طی چند ماه متن...

بهائیان شهر دانکن، واقع در دره کٌویکان در جزیره ونکوور، نیمکتی را که به سبک هنری محلی کنده کاری کرده بودند به خانه سالمندان دریک ناحیه بومی هدیه نمودند. این بومیان در غرب کانادا ساکن هستند. این...

اعضای جامعه کاتویولا در موینیلونگای شرقی در زامبیا، خوش آمد گوئی به میهمانان خود درجشنهای دویستمین سالگرد را آغاز کردند و با خواندن سرودهای "میهمانان خوش آمدید، کودکان خدا خوش آمدید"،...

When the Baha’is in the indigenous community of Talamanca, Costa Rica, realized their local centre was too small to hold the 500 guests expected to attend bicentenary celebrations, they decided to...

Youth in El Chamizo, Colombia, were moved to organize a celebration for the bicentenary at their school. Sixty friends, including teachers, parents, and classmates, attended the celebration, which...

A week of student presentations culminated at the week’s end in a school-wide celebration of Bahá’u’lláh’s bicentenary, held with parents and area tribal chiefs. More than 1,000 attended the...

با الهام از جشن های دویستمین سالگرد تولد حضرت بهاءالله، گروهی از کودکان در دبی، در امارات متحده عربی، گرد هم آمدند تا این اثر هنری را خلق کنند. آنان قطعه ای در خوشنویسی عربی درست کردند که این...

حدود یکصد نفر با همکاری مدرسه محل با ترسیم نقاشی‌های دیواری رنگارنگی تنوع نوع بشر را جشن می گیرند. این نقاشی‌های دیواری در خلال برگذاری جشن‌های دویستمین سالگرد در محله آواندیل از توابع شهر آکلند...

As an initiative of the community in Parañaque, Philippines, for the bicentenary, a selection of Bahá’í prayers for children were translated into Filipino and illustrated with paintings of the...

جامعه بهائی در دهکده جنجاروم (حوالی شهر کوالالامپور) در بخشی از فعالیت‌های خود برای تماس با جامعه بزرگتر نمایشگاهی با عنوان "جامعه‌ای بهتر بسازیم" برای دویستمین سالگرد تولد حضرت بهاءالله...

از زمان افتتاح معبد بهائی هند در شهر دهلی نو در سال 1986 در حدود یکصد میلیون نفر از این معبد بهائی دیدن نموده‌اند که در نتیجه در شمار یکی از اماکن با بالاترین تعداد دیدارکننده‌ها در دنیا قرار گرفته...

خانم یوکیکو به دختر خود مایو، رقص سنتی ژاپنی آموزش میدهد تا برای اجرا در جشنهای دویستمین سالگرد آماده شود.

جزیره وانواتو در طول سال برگزاری جشنهای دویستمین سالگرد، مرکز فعالیتهای پر جنب و جوش زیادی بوده است. در اینجا جوانان در پورت ویلا جمع شده اند تا برای یک رژه بزرگ در خیابانهای پورت ویلا، پایتخت کشور...

هزاران جزیره ای که در سراسر منطقه اقیانوس آرام پراکنده هستند، غروب روز 20 اکتبر، جشنهای دویستمین سالگرد را آغاز میکنند. این منطقه، در سال های اخیر شاهد شکوفایی فعالیتهای جامعه بهائی بوده...

غروب خورشید در کشور کریباتی، مدت کوتاهی قبل با طلوع خورشید در این جزیره، جشنهای باشکوه تولد حضرت باب و حضرت بهاءالله آغاز شده است. در این سال تاریخی که دویستمین سالگرد تولد حضرت بهاءالله است،...

In Thailand, the Royal Family was represented by Princess Soamsawali at a bicentenary celebration held at the Bahá’í Centre in Bangkok. The evening’s programme featured music, prayers, and...

In the city of Catania, the bicentenary celebration was the culmination of efforts to share with the largest possible number of people the story of the life of Bahá’u’lláh. The city choir performed...

A Mongolian community in Stockholm hosted a memorable celebration. The program included music, singing, and an address by a representative of the Mongolian Embassy.

Celebrations in Lome, Togo

Celebrations in Marseille, France, featured a diverse array of artistic expressions, including musical performances and artwork specifically created for the event. Children from the community...

In Indonesia, members of the community prepared for an event in Jakarta with songs, dances and cultural performances for the bicentenary. The effort brought together people from all parts of...

The choir of the Bahá’í House of Worship joins with the local Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra for the Light of Unity concert in honour of the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá'u'lláh.