The Municipality of Haifa and Beit Ha’Gefen present: The Holiday of Holidays Festival December 14-23
A Haifaite intercultural celebration of music, tastes, scents,
interactive presentations, exhibitions, activities for children, and more
The Holiday of Holidays Festival opens its 24th year with a rich
variety of unique cultural events for the whole family in the Wadi Nisnas
neighborhood and the Beit Ha’Gefen family compound, with the festival’s peak
events taking place on Saturday, December 16 and 23.
This
year's festival features a particularly rich program: circus workshops with
"Circus Action", the Christmas processions, a visit to the open house
of the local Santa Claus, a musical performance by the Gulasa Ensemble with
Yemenite Women’s songs, “Arab Film” – a tribute concert of the singer Firqat
Alnoor to Arab Films – hosted at the festival as part of the Pais Stages series,
"Self Collection" a group exhibition at the Beit HaGefen Contemporary
Art Gallery.
Tours of the residents' homes in Wadi Nisnas, tasting tours in the
wadi, film screenings and creative meetings, a national antiques fair, a series
of lectures on the bar, and outdoor performances for the general public.
On
Saturdays there will be musical performances in Wadi Nisnas by a variety of
rich and wonderful styles of changing ensembles, Jews and Arabs - from Greece
to Egypt, from Turkey to the Silk Road. In addition, two street parties will be
held in the center of the Wadi, with cooperation by the audience: a swing party
accompanied by dancers and dance teachers who will invite the audience to
experience and participate in the party, and the Debka party. The audience will
be invited to dance with the bands on the street.
Santa
Claus,
who is celebrating his 30th anniversary in this role, will open his
home to a crowd of visitors at 6 Hadad Street, where he will sit next to the
Christmas Tree and distribute gifts to children.
Asaf
Ron, Director of Beit Ha’Gefen: "The holiday festival is an event designed to strengthen
the heterogeneous society in Israel. The city of Haifa, as a mixed city, is
fertile ground for effective dialogue between the different groups in Israeli
society. We believe that through culture and art it will be possible to create
an egalitarian and secure space that will enable a deep dialogue while
accepting the other without judgment."
Among the most prominent events:
14.12 – 210:00 – Opening Event – Musical Laboratory – Swing De Gitanes join
Elias Subi and Khaled Giet to create together a new source show – in the Beit
Ha’Gefen Theater – free entrance based on availability.
14.12
– Exhibit Opening “Self Collection” – Beit Ha’Gefen Contemporary Art Gallery
(Ha’Gefen St. 2) – An exhibition that presents works dealing with the practices of
hoarding, collecting and archiving. A collection of personal objects that turn
into archaeological finds, a light installation based on memories of a familiar
landscape and an archive in the making, consisting entirely of smears, are just
a few of the works created especially by the artists and artists participating
in the exhibition.
15.12
– Gulasa Ensemble – Beit Ha’Gefen Theater – Four artists who connect and create a new
incarnation of the music and singing of Jewish women from Yemen. The mystical
and mythical texts are given modern and contemporary meaning in the composition
of a special performance combining poetry, African string instruments,
percussion instruments, guitars and cello, which expresses the sound and the
female voice. The show gives a new interpretation to the spiritual world of the
woman in Yemen and takes the audience into a world of rhythm, dance, passion,
prayer and longing for freedom.
16.12
– Opening of the National Children’s Paintings Exhibit – Opening ceremony of the
Children’s Art Exhibition – with participation of the drummers and Dabke group
of the Ahva School.
17.12
– Tibetan Opera – Performed by the GANSU TIBET FOLKLORE DANCE GROUP at the Beit
Ha’Gefen Theater – free entrance based on availability
Winter
Festival in the German Colony – stalls, street
performers, musical performers, and a uniquely long and lit up avenue with a
Euro-Mediterranean air. Every evening starting at 18:00 – open to everyone.
20.12
– Collections on the Bar – What is the smell of belonging, what can you glean at home,
what does the nose really know, how do you build a private art collection, what
are the stories behind the oud? A collection of lectures on the bar, open to
the public.
18:30
– BKIND – A
new social start-up whose goal is to increase positive, caring and generous
action among people. Gather at the Beit Ha’Gefen Theater and create a Haifa
chain for good deeds. Open to the public.
19:30
– The Artist Talia Hoffman – She creates an archive of smells while talking to the audience
in the room about thoughts, memories, residency and local situations. Beit
Hagefen Gallery.
20:00
– Gathering Next to the Home – Dr. Uri Meir Chizhik – The tradition of gathering
disappearing, where and what can be gleaned, and how to use all this goodness
that grows right under our noses. Café talateen Massada 30.
20:30
– Collecting and Enjoying – Guide to the Perplexed for the Beginner Collector - Yoad Bar Noy
(curator and director of the “Less than 1000” Galleries) and Serge Tirosh, a
world renowned collector, on revolutions in the art market, compromises and how
to begin an art collection.
21:00
– What the Nose Knows – Itzik Lavi – Dr. Smell – How much the sense of smell affects us
in all areas of life from making decisions, what we eat and how we choose our
partners. Syncope Bar – Khiyat 5.
21:00
– More and More / Oud and Oud – Bishara Dov builds and collects oud - each of them tells a
different story altogether. Indo Pub. Nathanson 14
21.12
– “Arab Film” – A series of tribute performances by Firqat Alnoor for Arab films
- hosted at the festival as part of the Bimot Pais (Pais Stages) series at the
Krieger Center.
15.12
and 22.12 – Experience in the Wadi – Visiting open houses. A project that began two years ago, in
cooperation and after a long process with the residents of Wadi Nisnas, who
want to introduce the visitors to the Wadi from the inside, beyond the stalls,
music for food and the market, to get to know the Wadi differently and more
deeply. The residents of the Wadi open their homes and tell the story of their
lives that have been intertwined in the neighborhood since then. Among the
hosts are Fawzia and Umm Jihad, a pair of friendly neighbors and good friends
who bring their personal stories and the story of the Wadi alongside holiday
cookies, steaming tea, and sparkling Christmas trees; Walid, the neighborhood barber
who has been collecting and storing secrets and hairdressing neighbors for 50
years; Kamil Shehadeh, Artist and Caligrapher, who will participate in the Arab
rhythms of Arabic poetry, Bishara Dib, the builder of musical instruments and
many more.
22.12
- A classical concert of the Suhail Radwan Arab Orchestra. The Suhail Radwan Arabic
Music Orchestra in an instrumental performance featuring classical pieces by
Muhammad Abd Alwahab, Farid Al-Rash, Mohammed Al-Qasabji and other original
works. Beit Hagefen Theater. Tickets for purchase.
An
Awakening and Refreshing Tasting Tour –Chef Balashuk (Chef Goes to Market) - with actor Ran Amir A
tour that includes many tastings and encounters with the people of the Wadi.
Welcoming people with an open heart. The tour leads to the colorful figure of
Chef Balashuk, full of passion for tastes, smells and meaningful encounters.
This is a tour of bridging the worlds and bringing the hearts together in a
variety of flavors, smells and sounds. A two-hour tour.
Early Morning Tour – Wake Up Tour - New
at the Festival - So what happens on a festive holiday day before the audience
arrives? The neighborhood in a moment before everything happens, before the Wadi
comes to life and embraces the participants of the festival. A guided tour of
the gallery at the “Self Collection” exhibition, a meeting with Tony Ashkar - a
unique collector, discussion of the works of Chaya Toma - an artist who live in
the Wadi – and other artists whose works are part of a Museum Without Walls in
Wadi Nisnas. A delicious snack at Shehadeh. Just before everything happens,
just before the music plays, that the dancing begins and the smells of the
holiday will not leave you, you'll still be able to see a little behind the
scenes of one of the largest productions in Israel.
14.12
AND 21.12 – 17:00 – Christmas Tour – New at the festival - Meet Haifa a little differently. A tour of
Wadi Nisnas, a visit to the home of the local Santa Claus - Baba Nawal, to hear
of his life's work as a distributor of light and joy and a professional gift
dispenser, to meet the Armenian parish priest in the church and to be exposed
to the story of the community, to see the Catholic Church in all its beauty and
end. (Those who choose to take a tour on 14.12 will be able to continue at the
end of the tour straight to the opening of the exhibition and the holiday
festival).
16.12-23.12
– National Annual Antiques Fair – dozens of merchants and collectors and hundreds of antique
items and vintage products. The fair takes place on the top floor of the Beit
Ha’Gefen Theater under the direction of Gadi Avraham. Among the fair's
exhibitors are collectors of jewelry, coins, antique collectors, old furniture,
old art and more. 8-9, 15-16, 22-23. Fridays 10: 00-16: 00. Saturdays 10:
00-18: 00.
16.12-23.12
– The
family compound in the backyard of Beit Ha’Gefen, where activities will be held
for the whole family, including musical performances, dance, circus and more in
Hebrew, Arabic and no language at all.
Neighborhood
Cinema – The Cinema Theater in cooperation with the Haifa Cinematheque - Friday
at 13:00 at the Beit Ha’Gefen Theater:
15.12
- "Recycled Orchestra" - a film for the whole family. Before the film there will be a
show - sounds from the junkyard.
22.12
– “The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Eliav” – the Bukharian answer to the Jackson family -
the story of a famous and temperamental musical family from Tajikistan.
16-23.12
– Circus Action – An interactive circus tent, colorfully decorated
with joyful features, including aerial acrobatics equipment, juggling objects,
tight-rope walking, unicycling, and more! We invite the community throughout
the days of the festival to experience various circus skills with all of our
equipment and activities, with the help of two guides and the owners of the
circus – Michal
and Roi Frampshes.
Every Saturday at 14:30 - A festive Christmas
procession will take place from the church on Allenby Street (near Emile Habibi
Square). The procession is led by Santa Claus and is accompanied by hundreds of
members of the Maronite, Roman Catholic and Armenian bands and orchestras,
piping orchestras, drummers, drummers, dancers and more.
23.12 – 20:30 – Festival Closing Performance - Dinosaur -
Premiere - A special dance performance composed of two dance works by Idan
Sharabi and performing dancers at the Beit Ha’Gefen Theater.
The “Holiday of
Holidays” Festival is produced by Beit Ha’Gefen – Arab-Jewish Cultural Center
in Haifa, together with the Municipality of Haifa.
For more
information, see the festival website
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