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 Around 4500 visitors showed up at Turquoise Center on Saturday, March 24, 2012 to celebrate Nowruz or “New Day”, which is a traditional celebration of the first day of spring. The UN's general assembly in 2010 recognized the international day of Nowruz, describing it a spring festival which has been celebrated for over 3,000 years.
The festival was organized by the Raindrop Turkish House. Booths for countries such as Azerbaijan, Ahiskan Turks, Bosnia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan displayed their culture as well as national food. While all the visitors enjoyed ethnic food and children had a lot of fun playing on moonwalk jumpers. Little ones enjoyed playing in the playground and sand box.
The festival also included performances from participating countries such as folk dances, songs and live music.
Although this was the second Nowruz festival celebrated at Turquoise Center, the turnout was very good. Hopefully, this will become an annual festival that will bring people together to celebrate spring as well as share culture and food. |
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Teachers and students from YES Prep had a field trip to Raindrop Turkish House on Friday, February 3, 2012 to learn about cultures in Houston. A representative from Raindrop Turkish House gave a presentation about Turkish culture. The group also had a chance to take a tour of the Turquoise Center, the business center where Raindrop Turkish House is located. Turquoise Center, with its unique architecture carrying motifs from Turkish Culture, is a great place to be exposed to Turkish culture in Houston. The field trip was both educational and fun. Raindrop Turkish House welcomes field trips from schools in Houston. |
Limak Holding Chairman of the Board and Fenerbahce Sport Club's Deputy Chairman, Mr. Nihat Ozdemir met with Turkish community in Texas TurkishAmerican Chamber of Commerce"s event in Houston 29 March 2011. The Limak Group began its operations in the construction field with Limak Construction in 1976 and subsequently added tourism, energy, cement and technology sectors to its repertoire of activities by developing and expanding steadily and firmly into the success it enjoys today. Chairman said that We as Turkish businessmen don"t have any minute for waste .Turkey's national income could reach $2 trillion 2023, "," he said.
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The Institute of Interfaith Dialogue (IID) Houston hostaed its bi-annual Dinner of Abrahamic Traditions on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. The event included a reception, discussion, and a dinner, all designed to promote learning and dialogue across members of the different faiths. As the event took place during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, all the guests were able to support and share the breaking of the fast along with the Muslim guests.
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Thomas Abraham Sugarland Mayor
Pro tem, Consul General of Turkey Cemalettin Aydin, Sam Merchant Community liason of the office of congressman Al Green visited Raindrop Turkish House on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012. The guests received information about the Turquoise center where Raindrop Turkish House is based and also learned about the activites Raindrop organizes. After the presentations, the group had lunch. The program was an opportunity to discover new areas for future collaboration.
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