the Mahrajan at Our Lady of the Cedars

On Saturday, I visited the "Mahrajan" or Arabic Festival, put on by the Our Lady of the Cedars parish in Manchester. They are a heavily Greek and Lebanese congregation, but they also got the occasional Muslim wandering by to see what was going on.

I LOVED the music provided by professional DJs "Main Event", although I don't know where I'll find it again since I don't know the names of the groups or the titles of the songs. Dancing was scheduled for later but we had places to go and things to do so we couldn't stick around for it.

There were animals to pet



And tents of things to buy and eat


Hookah pipes of various sizes, style and quality were for sale.



This is a sampling of Greek and Lebanese treats, such as garibedes (?), baklava, and others. It was really, really good. There was also a free wine tasting, offering samples of Greek and Israeli wines, which were also available for $4 a glass at the drinks tent.