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["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

1. Tray of kibbee, tabbouli, and spinach pie served at Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.001.8.11.18
Title:
Tray of kibbee, tabbouli, and spinach pie served at Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wheeling, W.Va., Cooking, Lebanese, Festivals, Food habits, Lebanese Americans, foodways, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.)
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

2. Lebanese cookies and pastries for sale at Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.002.8.11.18
Title:
Lebanese cookies and pastries for sale at Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Festivals, Wheeling, W.Va., Food habits, Bakers, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), foodways, Lebanese Americans, Cooking, Lebanese
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

3. Mamoul cookies (shortbread filled with nuts) for sale at Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.003.8.11.18
Title:
Mamoul cookies (shortbread filled with nuts) for sale at Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Lebanese Americans, foodways, Food habits, Wheeling, W.Va., Cooking, Lebanese, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Bakers, Festivals
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

4. Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes saj bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.004.8.11.18
Title:
Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes saj bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 1 of 3
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Cooking, Lebanese, Lebanese Americans, Food habits, Bread, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Wheeling, W.Va., Festivals, Bakers
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

5. Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes saj bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.005.8.11.18
Title:
Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes saj bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 2 of 3
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, Food habits, Bakers, Cooking, Lebanese, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Lebanese Americans, Wheeling, W.Va., Festivals, foodways
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

6. Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes saj bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 3 of 3

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.006.8.11.18
Title:
Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes saj bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 3 of 3
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, Wheeling, W.Va., Bakers, Cooking, Lebanese, Festivals, foodways, Bread, Lebanese Americans, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.)
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

7. Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh rolls saj bread before baking it on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.007.8.11.18
Title:
Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh rolls saj bread before baking it on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cooking, Lebanese, Wheeling, W.Va., Food habits, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Bread, foodways, Festivals, Lebanese Americans, Bakers
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

8. Saj bread with zaatar made over a saj (convex griddle) during Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.008.8.11.18
Title:
Saj bread with zaatar made over a saj (convex griddle) during Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 1 of 3
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cooking, Lebanese, Festivals, foodways, Lebanese Americans, Bread, Bakers, Food habits, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Wheeling, W.Va.
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

9. Saj bread with zaatar made over a saj (convex griddle) during Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.009.8.11.18
Title:
Saj bread with zaatar made over a saj (convex griddle) during Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 2 of 3
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Lebanese Americans, Bakers, Food habits, Wheeling, W.Va., Festivals, foodways, Cooking, Lebanese, Bread, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.)
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

10. Sign for saj bread with zaatar sold at Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park in Wheeling

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.011.8.11.18
Title:
Sign for saj bread with zaatar sold at Our Lady of Lebanon's Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park in Wheeling
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wheeling, W.Va., Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Bread, Bakers, Festivals, foodways, Lebanese Americans, Cooking, Lebanese, Food habits
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

11. Sign for the "Lebanese Fest" hosted by Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church in Wheeling

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Photo.012.8.11.18
Title:
Sign for the "Lebanese Fest" hosted by Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church in Wheeling
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Wheeling, W.Va., Festivals, Lebanese Americans
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)