Yalda night concert 2023 at SOAS
Schedule
Fri Dec 15 2023 at 07:00 pm to 08:45 pm
Location
SOAS University of London | London, EN
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On the occasion of Yalda night and winter solstice, we are going to get together on Friday 15 December 2023, play Persian and Kurdish music and recite Persian poetry. The concert is performed by Peyman Heydarian and talented guest musicians and poets.Performers:
Peyman Heydarian - santur, daf, band leader
Ayse Roza - voice
Cenk Şanlıoğlu - guitar
Taraneh – voice
Persian poetry and story telling:
Zahra Rezaei Afsah - story telling
Katy Zari Belyani – poet
Afsaneh Gitiforouz - poet
Sepehr - poet
DATE: Friday 15 December 2023
Time: 7pm, doors open from 6.45pm
VENUE: SOAS – Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Tickets: £15 Regular / £10 Concs / £6 Students
Booking via email: [email protected]
The tickets must be booked in advance.
Website: www.thesantur.com
Tickets on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yalda-night-concert-2023-london-tickets-774539266797?aff=oddtdtcreator
Event on FB: https://fb.me/e/1Hda0uBQM
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Musical academy
If you would like to learn santur / daf, you can join our class at SOAS every term-time Monday (enrol via email: [email protected]).
About Shab-e Yalda
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Yalda has a history as ancient as the Mithraism. The Mithraists believed that Yalda is the night of the birth of Mithra, the god of light and truth. At the morning of the longest night of the year Mithra was born from a virgin mother. In the Zoroastrian tradition, Yalda remained an auspicious day, and included customs intended to protect people from misfortune. On that day, people were advised to stay awake most of the night. They have small parties and gatherings and eat the remaining of the fresh fruits left from summer. Following the fall of the Sassanid Empire and the subsequent rise of Islam in Iran, the religious significance of the event was lost, and, like other Zoroastrian festivals, Yalda became a social occasion when family and close friends would get together. Nonetheless, the obligatory serving of fresh fruit during mid-winter is reminiscent of the ancient customs of invoking the divinities to request protection of the winter crop. The 13th century Persian poet Sa'di wrote in his Bustan: "The true morning will not come, until the Yalda Night is gone". Following the Persian calendar reform of 1925, which pegged some seasonal events to specific days of the calendar, Yalda came to be celebrated on the night before and including the first day of the tenth Persian month (Dey), on 20-21 December. Subject to seasonal drift, this day may sometimes fall a day before or a day after the actual Winter Solstice. Yalda Night was officially added to Iran's List of National Treasures in a special ceremony in 2008.
With Best Wishes,
The Voice of Santur
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