Barbados

Celebrations from Around the Globe

Below is a glimpse of celebrations honoring the bicentenary of the birth of the Báb in many localities across the country

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Communities across Barbados celebrate

Friends and neighbours across Barbados gather to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of the Báb with prayers, songs, and screenings of the film Dawn of the Light.

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Festive children’s gathering in Barbados

At a festive gathering in the island nation of Barbados, children prepared posters about the life and teachings of the Báb, exploring through the arts fundamental principles taught by the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh.

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Extending the reach of prayer in neighborhoods across Barbados

In Barbados, the community has been visiting family members and friends to study the Writings of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh and pray together. As a result of their efforts, many households have begun to make regular devotions a part of their rhythm of life. In addition to these efforts, the group of students who actively participate in the multi-faith spaces at their university have invited fellow classmates to screenings of Dawn of the Light.

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Children in Barbados learn about the Báb

Groups of children who attend regular Bahá’í classes for moral education in Barbados gather to hear stories about the Báb and celebrate his Birth.

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Spirit of fellowship characterizes celebration in Barbados

Twinkling lights, flowers, and hand-drawn posters displaying extracts from the Writings of the Báb adorn a home in Martins Bay, Barbados, where a group of friends gathered in a spirit of fellowship to celebrate the life of the Báb.

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In bicentenary period, children’s class teachers bring mothers together

Teachers of a children’s class in Bridgetown, Barbados, invited their students’ mothers to a discussion exploring the significant role of mothers in the community. The group studied quotations including the following of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: “For mothers are the first educators, the first mentors; and truly it is the mothers who determine the happiness, the future greatness, the courteous ways and learning and judgment, the understanding and the faith of their little ones".