Woman tosses dough for saj bread at the Mahrajan Festival in Oglebay Park

Identifier:

4224.MahrajanFestival.Video.006.8.11.18

Title:

Woman tosses dough for saj bread at the Mahrajan Festival in Oglebay Park

Date:

2018-08-11

Creator:

Hilliard, Emily

Description:

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/

Subject:

Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Bakers, foodways, Wheeling, W.Va., Lebanese Americans, Festivals, Cooking, Lebanese, Food habits, and Bread

Rights:

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Location:

Wheeling (W. Va.)

Format:

video/mov

Source:

A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection