Tue 28 Oct 2008
Toronto Zoroastrians Celebrated Mehrgan
Mehrzad Dehmiri: Zoroastrians in Toronto area gathered at Arbab Rostam Guiv Dare Mehr and celebrated Mehrgan. The event was organized by Zoroastrian Society of Ontario (ZSO) with help from the Kanoun Council.
ZSO's Mehrgan program included prayers, speech on the significance of Mehrgan by Mr. Bahram Bahrami, choir group performance and various other entertaining programs. After the programs everyone met each other and exchanged greeting before dancing away to the tune of the group “Faryad”.
The event started off with prayers by Mobed Mehbad Dastur.
Avesta class kids performed verses of Gatha in Farsi and English.
Choir group headed by Mr. Sharam Bastani performed 4 songs including "Pire Sabze Chak Chaku".
The comedy play was done completely by the youths. It was directed by Mahshad Khosraviani and consisted of 3 scenes which were performed in between the other programs.
The MC's entertained the audience with their jokes and kept the whole evening full of life.
The Audience
