07.02.2011                      03.Adar l, 5771

Tel Aviv:

Bukharan Jews celebrate their heritage in TA gathering

Dancers, musicians join PM, MKs, businessmen, and enthusiasts in 11th annual gathering of community.

A colorful procession of dancers and musicians walked down the aisles and took the stage Sunday night at Tel Aviv’s Mann Auditorium, the venerable music venue where the sounds of Bach and Mozart are more often heard than the blares of huge Korzai trumpets and bangs of Doyra drums.
In the stands some 2,800 Bukharan Jews and dignitaries – a handful of whom were dressed in the colorful traditional garb of the Central Asian community – clapped and cheered on the occasion of the Bukhara Jewish Congress’s 11th annual gathering….