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.

柬埔寨邮政部为纪念巴哈欧拉两百周年诞辰纪念而特别发行了纪念邮票。 这正设计中的邮票是与国家巴哈伊社区合作策划。 柬埔寨巴哈伊社区代表最近也会晤了一位部门官员，并于对方分享了巴哈伊社区和刚在马德望开幕的地方灵曦堂。

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. ...

巴西莫吉瓜古城 (Mogi Guaçu) 为纪念巴哈欧拉二百周年而设下雕塑，有关雕像放在公共广场上。 这反映了莫吉古巴哈伊社区在当地的地位，因为他们致力于通过教育改善社区。 在经过市长倡议下和由当地建筑师设计,两位都不是巴哈伊教徒，这个雕塑将在巴哈欧拉诞生两百周年之后建造和安放。 该雕塑将是个花岗岩柱，上面有个九角星，同心圆代表着上帝的一体性，神圣教师的显圣者，以及人类。

柬埔寨邮政部为纪念巴哈欧拉两百周年诞辰纪念而特别发行了纪念邮票。 这正设计中的邮票是与国家巴哈伊社区合作策划。 柬埔寨巴哈伊社区代表最近也会晤了一位部门官员，并于对方分享了巴哈伊社区和刚在马德望开幕的地方灵曦堂。

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...

卡尔迈勒山印象，巴哈欧拉在圣地居住时曾到此地。

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

Bahá’ís from Sri Lanka have created several booklets about Bahá’u’lláh in commemoration of the bicentenary.

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...

在庆祝巴哈欧拉诞辰二百周年之际，印度各地举行了各种各样的服务活动。在塞姆堡普尔，一组少年人为当地人进行了镰状细胞，血型及血压的检测。在阿嘎塔拉，当地的巴哈伊组织建立了一个献血站，人们还进行了植树活动并清理街道

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...

A photography book, entitled “The Qiblih of a World Community”, has been published in Brazil in an effort to convey the beauty and grandeur of the Bahá’í Holy Places.

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...

The Bahá’ís of Vanuatu are preparing a film about the impact that the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh have had on their lives and communities to be broadcast on their national television network.

In the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, a Bahá’í of advanced years was hospitalized weeks before she passed away.

With the approaching dates of the bicentenary, the patient and...

In Ireland, the Bahá’í community has created 95 short video clips, one a day, leading up to the bicentenary. The ones included here recount short episodes of the life of Bahá’u’lláh and present...

Springing from a heartfelt desire to share with friends and family the message and life of Bahá'u'lláh, a group of young people from the city of Pune decided to create a play. Over a few...

The Bahá’ís of Duncan, a town in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, presented a specially-commissioned carved bench in a traditional Cowichan ceremony to the seniors’ home on the Cowichan...

Members of the community of Katuyola, in Mwinilunga East, Zambia, begin to welcome their guests to the bicentenary celebrations, filling the air with songs, singing “Welcome our visitors! Welcome!...

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...

In the spirit of the bicentenary celebrations, a group of children in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, gathered to create this mixed media painting. An excerpt from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh...

100 people collaborated with a local school to paint colorful murals celebrating diversity. These murals will be displayed during bicentenary celebrations in the community of Avondale, a suburb of...

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...

An exhibition titled “Building A Better Community” in Jenjarom village (outside of Kuala Lumpur ) has been set up by the Bahá’í community there as a part of its outreach during this bicentenary...

Since its opening in 1986, there have been an estimated 100 million visitors to the Bahá’í House of Worship in New Delhi, making it one of the most visited places in the world. An iconic building,...

Yukiko正在教她的女儿Mayu一个传统的日本舞蹈，以准备庆祝两百周年诞辰。

The island nation of Vanuatu has been a vibrant center of activity during this bicentenary year. On the island of Efate, in the capital city of Port Villa, a four-hour bicentenary parade has just...

The thousands of islands of Oceania scattered throughout the vast Pacific are entering the bicentenary period this evening, 20 October.

The islands here are home to a continental Bahá’í...

Sunset in Kiribati a short while ago.

With the setting of the sun over this island nation, the Festival of the Twin Birthdays of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh has now commenced.

In this...

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.