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From the 2003 Christmas Revels program: This festival of nine nights of celebration and dance is dedicated to the Mother or Divine Goddess who represents the all-powerful universal energy that destroys evil and protects the righteous. The folk dance Garba-Raas is still performed today in the western

From Reveler Rowyn Peel: “Simchat Torah literally means rejoicing with the Torah! The Torah is the central text of the Jewish people, hand-written by scribes on scrolls of parchment. On this day, we have reached the end of the scroll, and we must re-roll the Torah back

From Reveler Rowyn Peel: “Sukkot is a holiday of joy and bounty! We give thanks for the Fall harvest, and we build sukkah, temporary huts. These are based on the huts our ancestors built in the fields during harvest time, but they can also symbolize spiritual protection

Poetry for the Moon Shizumi Shigeto Manale, the “Moon” Fool in our 2019 Christmas Revels: “Celestial Fools,” performs two poems in honor of Tsukimi — the Japanese Harvest Moon Festival. As Shizumi relates: For many years in Japan, it was believed that there were rabbits who lived

Our “Season of Reveling” continues with a musical celebration of the start of Autumn and the arrival of crisp Fall weather. Enjoy this beautiful video performance of “Emerald Stream” by composer Seth Houston, featuring singers from the Washington Revels Chorus led by Revels Music Director Betsy Fulford.

From the Revels Community: “Shanah Tovah! (Happy New Year!) Our group of Revelers has been meeting to share family traditions, recipes, songs, and stories for the Jewish Holidays. We started with Rosh Hashanah, which takes place Monday, September 6 until Wednesday, September 8. Rosh Hashanah, literally “head