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http://www.bahaijournal.org.uk/BJ200105/bwc.htm Go JAN OCT JUN 11 captures 14 27 Dec 03 - 19 Jun 07 2005 2006 2007 Journal of the Bahá'í Community of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland May 2001 / 158BE Bahá'í World Centre Opening the Terraces on Mount Carmel It's dusk on 22 May 2001. Some 4,500 people, 3,300 of them Bahá'ís, representative of more than 200 countries and territories, Contents Page are gathered at the foot of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. They are there to witness the opening of the Terraces of the Regular Features Shrine of the Báb, a project begun ten years ago that has Bahá'í World Centre transformed the ancient barren face of the mountain into 19 National Assembly majestic terraced gardens cascading down the length of the Regional Councils mountain. BOREA International Travel The Bahá'í Faith, founded in 1844, is the most recent of the Teaching & Pioneering world's monotheistic religions. Its founder, Bahá'u'lláh, spent the Travel Teaching and latter years of His life in the Holy Land as a prisoner of the Homefront Pioneering Ottoman Turks, and the Faith's administrative and spiritual and Advice for headquarters were established in what are today the twin cities of travellers Acre and Haifa of modern Israel. Youth Space International News Letters UK Community News Top: Looking up The Bahá'ís have built world-class gardens the terraces to the Shrine of the Báb to adorn the golden-domed Shrine of the Báb, Highlights Right:Workers the second most holy spot of their Faith. These Social Transformation strive to finish gardens also provide thousands of visitors with Island Hopping work on the a contemplative space in which ordered Beyond Words Terraces before the opening on flowerbeds, fountains, and flowing water give UK Community History way to natural perimeters of trees and shrubs. How I became a Bahá’í 22nd May They are an oasis of tranquility in the heart of a Archives Index bustling port city. Following the official opening during the week of 22 May, the Below: The gardens will be open to the public every day, Centre for the free of charge. Study of the Texts To mark the opening of the Terraces, an oratorio and a symphony have been composed, respectively, by Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen and Tajik composer Tolib Shahidi. The Israel Northern Symphony, Haifa, under the direction of Stanley Sperber, will accompany acclaimed instrumental and vocal soloists from Canada, Austria, and the United States, backed by the Transylvania State Choir from Cluj, Romania. The original orchestral works will climax with the spectacular inaugural lighting of the Terraces, building light upon light like strings of pearls draped around the illumined Shrine. The evening's events will be available to television stations around the world via a satellite feed. Taken from the Press Pack prepared by the World Centre at http://www.bahaiworldnews.org These pictures are copyrighted and have been reprinted with the permission of Enlighten. To view more pictures of the Mount Carmel Bahá'í Projects, please visit http://www.enlighten.ca. Copyright, © 2001, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom. All rights reserved. Copyright, © 2001, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom. All rights reserved. .

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