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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/"]%

25. 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/"]%

26. 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/"]%

27. 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/"]%

28. 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/"]%

29. 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, Cooking, Lebanese, Lebanese Americans, Food habits
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["On February 25, 2020, Amy Loughs (b. 1975, Murray, Kentucky) Hardy County ESOL class in Moorefield hosted an Ethiopian/Eritrean coffee ceremony and potluck. Students, who are of Haitian, Burmese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, and Puerto Rican dissent brought in food dishes from their respective cultural traditions, to share with the class and state folklorist Emily Hilliard. The majority of the ESOL students work at Pilgrims Pride chicken plant in Moorefield. Dishes students brought to class include Mohinga, a Burmese soup with chili; a Burmese tea leaf salad; and Yuzana, a Burmese pickled tea; Ethiopian Doro Wat; Puerto Rican bread pudding; Haitian fried pork with gratin; and Himbasha, an Ethiopian bread with black sesame seeds or black cumin."]%

30. Ethiopian and Eritrean breads used in coffee ceremony

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldESOL.Photo.002.2.25.20
Title:
Ethiopian and Eritrean breads used in coffee ceremony
Date:
2020-02-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coffee, Food habits, Bread, Cooking, Eritrean, foodways, Cooking, Ethiopian
Location:
Moorefield (W. Va.)
["On February 25, 2020, Amy Loughs (b. 1975, Murray, Kentucky) Hardy County ESOL class in Moorefield hosted an Ethiopian/Eritrean coffee ceremony and potluck. Students, who are of Haitian, Burmese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, and Puerto Rican dissent brought in food dishes from their respective cultural traditions, to share with the class and state folklorist Emily Hilliard. The majority of the ESOL students work at Pilgrims Pride chicken plant in Moorefield. Dishes students brought to class include Mohinga, a Burmese soup with chili; a Burmese tea leaf salad; and Yuzana, a Burmese pickled tea; Ethiopian Doro Wat; Puerto Rican bread pudding; Haitian fried pork with gratin; and Himbasha, an Ethiopian bread with black sesame seeds or black cumin."]%

31. Hardy County ESOL student Kelem shares Ethiopian bread and doro wat with the class

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldESOL.Photo.006.2.25.20
Title:
Hardy County ESOL student Kelem shares Ethiopian bread and doro wat with the class
Date:
2020-02-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Food habits, Bakers, foodways, Cooking, Ethiopian
Location:
Moorefield (W. Va.)
["On February 25, 2020, Amy Loughs (b. 1975, Murray, Kentucky) Hardy County ESOL class in Moorefield hosted an Ethiopian/Eritrean coffee ceremony and potluck. Students, who are of Haitian, Burmese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, and Puerto Rican dissent brought in food dishes from their respective cultural traditions, to share with the class and state folklorist Emily Hilliard. The majority of the ESOL students work at Pilgrims Pride chicken plant in Moorefield. Dishes students brought to class include Mohinga, a Burmese soup with chili; a Burmese tea leaf salad; and Yuzana, a Burmese pickled tea; Ethiopian Doro Wat; Puerto Rican bread pudding; Haitian fried pork with gratin; and Himbasha, an Ethiopian bread with black sesame seeds or black cumin."]%

32. Hardy County ESOL teaching assistant and student cut Ethiopian bread

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldESOL.Photo.012.2.25.20
Title:
Hardy County ESOL teaching assistant and student cut Ethiopian bread
Date:
2020-02-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cooking, Ethiopian, foodways, Bakers, Ethiopian American cooks, Food habits, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Bread
Location:
Moorefield (W. Va.)
["On February 25, 2020, Amy Loughs (b. 1975, Murray, Kentucky) Hardy County ESOL class in Moorefield hosted an Ethiopian/Eritrean coffee ceremony and potluck. Students, who are of Haitian, Burmese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, and Puerto Rican dissent brought in food dishes from their respective cultural traditions, to share with the class and state folklorist Emily Hilliard. The majority of the ESOL students work at Pilgrims Pride chicken plant in Moorefield. Dishes students brought to class include Mohinga, a Burmese soup with chili; a Burmese tea leaf salad; and Yuzana, a Burmese pickled tea; Ethiopian Doro Wat; Puerto Rican bread pudding; Haitian fried pork with gratin; and Himbasha, an Ethiopian bread with black sesame seeds or black cumin."]%

33. Himbasa bread and popcorn are often served as part of a traditional Eritrean coffee ceremony

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldESOL.Photo.016.2.25.20
Title:
Himbasa bread and popcorn are often served as part of a traditional Eritrean coffee ceremony
Date:
2020-02-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Cooking, Eritrean, Food habits, Bread, Eritreans--United States, Coffee, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Location:
Moorefield (W. Va.)
["These photos were taken of a traditional Eritrean/Ethiopian coffee ceremony hosted by Trihas and her family at their home in Moorefield, West Virginia on June 26, 2021. Trihas and her family are immigrants from Eritrea and work at Pilgrims Pride chicken plant in Moorefield. Trihas friends and coworkers, Azeb and Kelem, who are Ethiopian immigrants, as well as Hardy County ESOL teacher Amy Lough were also guests at the ceremony. Inside Appalachia Folkways producer Clara Haizlett and West Virginia state folklorist Emily Hilliard are working on a radio piece about the coffee ceremony for West Virginia Public Broadcasting."]%

34. Himbasa bread and fruit served as part of a traditional Eritrean coffee ceremony

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldEritreanCoffeeCeremony.Photo.006.6.26.21
Title:
Himbasa bread and fruit served as part of a traditional Eritrean coffee ceremony
Date:
2021-06-26
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, Eritreans--United States, Coffee, Cooking, Eritrean, Immigrants--United States, foodways
Location:
Moorefield (W. Va.)
["These photos were taken of a traditional Eritrean/Ethiopian coffee ceremony hosted by Trihas and her family at their home in Moorefield, West Virginia on June 26, 2021. Trihas and her family are immigrants from Eritrea and work at Pilgrims Pride chicken plant in Moorefield. Trihas friends and coworkers, Azeb and Kelem, who are Ethiopian immigrants, as well as Hardy County ESOL teacher Amy Lough were also guests at the ceremony. Inside Appalachia Folkways producer Clara Haizlett and West Virginia state folklorist Emily Hilliard are working on a radio piece about the coffee ceremony for West Virginia Public Broadcasting."]%

35. Injera prepared by Trihas as part of an Eritrean coffee ceremony

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldEritreanCoffeeCeremony.Photo.008.6.26.21
Title:
Injera prepared by Trihas as part of an Eritrean coffee ceremony
Date:
2021-06-26
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, Eritreans--United States, foodways, Cooking, Eritrean
Location:
Moorefield (W. Va.)
["Every July, the Mens Club of the Steubenville, Ohio Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church hosts an annual picnic at their picnic grounds along Kings Creek in Weirton, West Virginia. The event serves as both a fundraiser for the Mens Club and a homecoming for Weirton and Steubenvilles Serbian Community. The event features Serbian music, dance, food, and drink. Mens Club members roast chickens and lambs on spits over open wood fires and sell them to picnic attendees. The spits were constructed out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members and Weirton Steel employees in the 1960s. Other food served at the picnic includes pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, cevaps (a pork, lamb, and beef sausage), strudel, nut rolls, beer, and Slivovitz.In 2017, state folklorist Emily Hilliard attended the Serbian picnic with Brynn Kusic, whose fathers family is part of the Weirton Serbian community. In 2019, Hilliard attended with a WVPB film crew to capture additional video footage and audio tape for a short video documentary (see below).Learn more about the Annual Picnic via the Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church: https://www.hrsoc-steubenville.org/annual-picnicSee the short video and audio documentary about the Chicken Blasts, produced by the West Virginia Folklife Program and West Virginia Public Broadcasting: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/01/27/weirtons-serbian-heritage-is-a-chicken-blast/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpGF-MFUlhYhttps://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/weirtons-serbian-heritage-is-a-chicken-blast"]%

36. Pogacha (Serbian bread), cevaps (pork, lamb, and beef sausage), and beer sold at the 2019 Serbian Annual Picnic in Weirton, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.SerbianAnnualPicnic.Photo.018.7.27.19
Title:
Pogacha (Serbian bread), cevaps (pork, lamb, and beef sausage), and beer sold at the 2019 Serbian Annual Picnic in Weirton, 1 of 2
Date:
2019-07-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Picnic grounds, Food habits, Cooking (Sausages), foodways, Cooking, Serbian, Bread, Serbian Americans
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)