Yalda Night: Traditional Persian Music, Dancing & More
Venue: Commonwealth Ballroom (Squires), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Iranian Society at Virginia Tech
Date: Thursday, December 21, 2017
Time: 6:00 - 10:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Arts & Theatre
Cost:
General Public: $20.00 VT Students and their Families: $15.00

Description:
The Iranian Society at Virginia Tech presents Yalda Night featuring live traditional Persian Music, dancing and more on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Commonwealth Ballroom located within the Squires Student Center at Virginia Tech.

Join us and celebrate the longest night of the year, Yalda. We will get together for a wonderful night full of meet-and-greet, joy, happiness and fun. The event includes live traditional Persian music featuring famous Iranian singer Mandana Khazraei and her professional group, a dance performance from professional dance group LivetoDance led by Shadi Mesdaghi, Persian soup (Aash reshteh) and a dance party.

Yalda, the longest night of the year, is one of the most important traditional Iranian festivals since thousand years ago, in which friends and families are coming together and staying up until after midnight. Playing traditional music, singing, traditional Persian dance and reading poems such as Divan-e-Hafez are of the major activities in this event.

Moreover, eating pomegranates as a sign of rebirth and revival of generations, and watermelons as summer fruit to prevent getting ill during the winter comprise the essential customs of Yalda.

Tickets are $20.00 for the general public and $15.00 for Virginia Tech students and their families with ID.

To purchase Yalda tickets online, visit: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/studentcenters/online/.

Online tickets must be purchased by midnight on Tuesday, December 17, 2017. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/yoNSR8U.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/262998837564912 or visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/248093027376/.

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