Celebrate Eid Around the World

Experience how cultures around the world mark the end of Ramadan and celebrate Eid al-Fitr! Enjoy a day of music, dance, food, and art that honors cultural traditions from across the Muslim world, presented in partnership with Council Member Shahana Hanif.

Enjoy vibrant Bangladeshi dance performances by the Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts, interactive drumming inspired by Sufi traditions, and engaging storytelling that tells the story of Eid presented by The Culture Tree. Plus Turkish, Kurdish, and Islamic classical music, delicious food provided by local vendors through the Turkish Cultural Center of Brooklyn, and more!

Join us along with Council Member Shahana Hanif, the Turkish Cultural Center, The Culture Tree, and the Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts for this special multicultural celebration.

Schedule

Youth Academy Play

🕒 11:00 am – 4:30 pm

Join The Turkish Cultural Center’s youth academy for a variety of games and activities for families.

Eid Storytelling

🕒 11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Learn about the story of Eid through storytelling with Zainab Khan.

Bangladesh Dance Performance

🕒 12:15 pm – 12:45 pm, 2:35 pm – 3:05 pm

Get ready to move to the intricate rhythmic patterns and classical dance forms of Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Munipuri with Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts (BIPA). NYC Council Member Shahana Hanif will start us off with an introduction before the first performance. 

Wahab Orchestra

🕒 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Join the Wahab Orchestra for a musical performance inspired by classical Middle East, Turkish, Kurdish and Islamic music. 

Create a Date

🕒 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Learn about the importance of dates on Eid with Anu from The Culture Tree. Participants will get a date to decorate and taste them afterwards! 

Sufi Drumming

🕒 3:10 pm – 3:55 pm

Tune in to and join Sufi-inspired songs at this interactive drumming circle performance by Brother Mustafa from The Culture Tree. 

Geometric Mosaics in ColorLab

🕒 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Visit the ColorLab Art Studio and create your own designs for a mosaic piece. Use different materials to decorate your project and hang it anywhere you’d like.

What’s the Juice? in Nature’s Engineers

🕒 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Join us in BCM’s STEM makerspace to build your own food-powered battery and discover the amazing science of electricity.