 Henna night is a special
gathering for the bride and her family and friends. It is thrown a night before
the wedding for ladies only.
In Turkish culture generally the
henna dying stands for dedication and devotion. It is performed in three
occasions; one is for our sheep to sacrifice it to God, one is for our son just
before sending him to the military
service to sacrifice him for our country just in case, and the last one is for
our daughter just before her wedding to resemble her devotion to her new family.
(April 15, 2007, Little Rock, AR)
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Raindrop Turkevi Executives Visited the Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. |
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 Executive Director of Raindrop Turkevi Mr. Cemil
Teber visited the Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Mr. Teber informed the congresswoman on
Turkish Americans living in Texas
and mentioned several of the issues that are important to the community.(February,2007,WASHINGTON)
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Raindrop Turkevi Executives Visited the Founder of Russian Cultural Center |
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 Executives
of Rain Drop Turkevi Mr. Cemil Teber and Mr. Mahmut Gok visited the founder of Russian Cultural Center,
Ms. Sophia Grinblat. They decided to
improve relations between the two centers and increase communication between
two communities by co-organizing cultural events.
(April 16,2007,HOUSTON,TEX![]() AS)
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Raindrop Turkevi Executive Hosted a Dinner Party in the Honor of Korean Consul General at His Home |
Both Consul General
and his wife enjoyed the company of distinguished guests from the Turkish
community as well as the food. The
gathering lasted around three hours. The
guests talked about the commonalities between Turkish and Korean languages
(both belong to Ural-Altay family of languages) and cultures.
(April 29,2007,HOUSTON,TEXAS)
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His Excellency Consul of Netherlands Geert Visser held a
reception to celebrate the national day of Holland.
Mr. Cemil Teber and Mr. Yasar Tiryakioglu represented the Rain Drop
Foundation at the reception.
(April 28,2007,HOUSTON,TEXAS)
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His Excellency Korean Consul General Kim Jung Keun Held a Dinner to Honor Yul Kwon |
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 His Excellency Korean Consul
General Kim Jung Keun held a dinner to honor Yul Kwon, the winner of the
reality show Surviver. Representatives
of the Turkish community attended this event and had an unforgettable
evening. They had the chance to listen
to very interesting stories and taste the rich selection of Korean food.
(April 26,2007,HOUSTON,TEXAS)
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Welcoming The New Indonesian Consul General |
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 The Indonesian Consul Rusman Utoma held a dinner in the
honor of the new consul general Kria Fahmi.
Mr Cemil Teber, Executive Director of Rain Drop Turkish Cultural
Center, and other members
of Houston Turkish community were present at dinner. They talked about Turkish and Indonesian
cultures and the good relations between the two countries since the time of the
Ottoman Empire.(April 9,2007,HOUSTON,TEXAS)
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International 23rd April Children's Festival |
 April 23 is an important date in Turkey. It is
the Children's festival, the first celebration of which was held on
April 23, 1920, when the Turkish Parliament was founded. It was
organized so as to improve the feelings of fraternity, love and
friendship among children from different countries and also to
contribute to a world where they will live in peace. (April 23, 2007, Little Rock, AR)
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Dallas Raindrop Turkevi hosted GamTex |
 Raindrop Turkevi has hosted newly founded Texas Gambian Community
foundation GamTex in its Dallas office. Purpose of meeting was to
discuss the bylaws and the constitution of the GamTex Foundation.
GamTex members have thanked Raindrop Turkevi for hosting them in such
an important issue. Director of Dallas Raindrop Turkevi Dr. Edib
Ercetin has invited GamTex administration to a dinner to discuss
difficulties of establishing and managing a foundation. (April, 22, 2007. DALLAS,TEXAS)
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Children's Day and Spring Picnic |
 Dallas Raindrop Turkevi has organized children's day for kids and a
spring picnic for their families. It was a partly cloudy day.
Therefore, temperature was at the best degree. Raindrop Turkevi has
rented jumping castles for kids so they can enjoy playing and
jumping in the fresh air with their families. While kids were playing,
members of Raindrop Turkevi was busy to make barbeques ready before
noon.They were very successful and made delicious barbeques possible
before the deadline. (April, 22, 2007, DALLAS,TEXAS)
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 As
it is known Raindrop Turkevi and sister organization Institute of
Interfaith Dialog, IID, organizes a trip Turkey twice a year. Next trip
will be in May, 2007. Therefore, Raindrop Turkevi has organized a lunch
to give detailed information about trip. Guests enjoyed Turkish cuisine
and Turkish tea while they were chatting with people who were in Turkey
trip before. (April, 28, 2007, DALLAS,TEXAS)
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Azerbaijani Mugham! Discover the best-kept secrets of world music |
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 Discover the best-kept secret of the world music scene - the traditional Azerbaijani musical style known as mugham, performed by a Kamancha player, tar player and Daf/Tombak percussionist. Let the enchanting melody of the kamancha, the rich acoustics of the tar and the haunting sound of the Daf/Tombak free your soul.(April,28,2007,HOUSTON,TEXAS)
April 28, 2007
7:00 – 9:00pm
University of St. Thomas
Cullen Hall
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