Kindergarten students at Bi-Cultural Day School crowded the stage on Friday dressed as Moses, King Pharaoh, shepherds and an assortment of other costumes in celebration of Passover. When not on stage the children were seated at a large seder table to take part in a traditional Passover Seder meal as a crowd of proud parents snapped photos. The event included a song filled musical re-telling the story of Moses, the 10 Plaques and the Exodus from Egypt. Passover, the holy day and festival commemorating the Hebrews’ escape from enslavement in Egypt, will begin on Tuesday, the 30th of March and will continue for 7 days until Monday, the 5th of April.
Kathleen O’Rourke/The Advocate
Today’s Passover Seder was one of few I’ve witnessed being raised in an Irish-Catholic family. I enjoyed capturing the devotion and pride in the students, staff and parents as they celebrated this holy day. And watching four dozen kindergarten students eat parsley was an image I’ll never forget. Check out more photos at stamfordadvocate.com.
I was amazed to recent discover how many Christians do not know that “The Last Supper” of Jesus was a Passover Seder since Jesus was Jewish. Great pictures.
Sorry to be nit-picky, but are the 10 “Plaques” worse than the 10 plagues or just different? Isn’t saying King Pharaoh redundant?
Comment by Gordon — March 30th, 2010 @ 11:58 am